There were a number errors in the Outside JEB article, “The hormone battle behind ‘eau de snake’”. The affiliations of Rockwell Parker and Robert Mason were incorrect. Rockwell Parker is affiliated with Washington and Lee University, USA, and Robert Mason is affiliated with Oregon State University, USA. The article also stated ‘These snakes solve the problem of telling males and females apart through pheromones, secreted hormones that serve as chemical signals.’ However, this species secretes methyl ketones, not modified hormones, as pheromones. Finally, the snakes were not injected with testosterone as stated in the text. Instead they were implanted with long-lasting steroid hormone (testosterone) implants. We apologise for the errors.
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2015
