Hoarseness is generally caused by irritation of, or injury to, the vocal cords. The larynx (also referred to as the voice box), is the portion of the respiratory (breathing) tract containing the vocal cords. The vocal cords are two bands of muscle that form a V inside the larynx.
In some species babies are born alive. Other species lay eggs. In a strange combination of the two, some snakes have eggs that stay in their bodies until the eggs hatch and then the babies are born. Snakes can have anywhere from one to 150 baby snakes at a time.
Snakes lay eggs in warm, damp areas such as within rotten logs and old sawdust and leaf piles. Live bearing snakes give birth in secluded spots within the home range of the female parent. Once the young are born or hatched they are on their own, and tend to disperse within a few hours or days.