Staff Profile of Prof. Wolfgang Wüster

- Name
- Prof. Wolfgang Wüster
- Position
- Professor in Zoology (Herpetology)
- w.wuster@bangor.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44(0)1248 382301
- Location
- School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
About
Venomous snakes are among the organisms provoking the strongest emotions in humans, ranging from intense fascination to visceral revulsion. Some represent serious public health problems, and yet their venoms offer the prospect of developing new drugs against common medical conditions. All are scientifically fascinating, providing opportunities to study the evolution of a chemical weapon system, its role in the biology of the animal and its interactions with other occupants of the snake’s habitat. At the same time, we know surprisingly little about the biodiversity of venomous snakes, and new species are still being discovered on a regular basis.
My research interests focus on the causes of variation in venom composition within species and between closely related species, the origin and evolution of venom and venom toxin families, the biodiversity of venomous snakes, the wider impact of venom on the interactions between snakes and other biota, and the biogeographical history of different groups.
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Career
- Since 2020: Reader in Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University
- 2012–2020: Senior Lecturer in Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University
- 1999–2012: Lecturer in Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University
- 1995–1999: Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University
- 1994–1995: Postdoc, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University
- 1990–1993: NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen
- 1985–1986: Technician, MRC Radiobiology Unit, Harwell
Education
- PhD, 1990, University of Aberdeen: Population evolution of Asiatic cobras.
- BA (Hons), II.1, 1985, Natural Sciences Tripos (Zoology), University of Cambridge.
Research
Origin and evolution of snake venom and its consequences.
Snakes are unique among terrestrial vertebrates in possessing a chemical arsenal that, in at least some cases, allows them not only to increase their foraging success, but also to seriously injure or kill a potential predator. As such, this weapon system is likely to have had profound consequences for the evolution and diversification of snakes and their interactions with other organisms. Understanding the origin, continuing evolution and consequences of the biochemical arsenal of snakes is one of my main research goals, and follows three primary lines of investigation:
Origin of snake venom and venom toxins: using phylogenetic analysis of toxin amino acid sequences and related non-toxin genes allows the history of toxin gene families to be mapped on the phylogenetic tree of snakes. This has already lead to new insights into the origin of major toxin families (e.g., Fry & Wüster, Mol. Biol. Evol., 2004), the unexpectedly dynamic evolutionary model of toxin families (Casewell et al., Nature Comms., 2012) and the role of gene duplications and to co-opting of the pancreatic microRNA apparatus for the regulation of venom secretion (Vonk et al., PNAS, 2013).
Evolution of snake venom: venom composition varies at all taxonomic levels in snakes, and provides ample raw material to test hypotheses on the causes and consequences of snake venom variation. Compositional studies and experiments with natural prey have shown an association between snake venoms and diet composition (Daltry, Wüster & Thorpe, Nature, 1996; Barlow et al., Proc. R. Soc. London B, 2009; Richards et al., Toxicon, 2012). Advances in molecular genetics and proteomics now allow us to determine the mode of evolution of toxins and their impact on the activity of these toxins, and relate these to possible adaptive explanations. Current work also focusses on the role of gene flow and hybridisation as drivers of venom variation in rattlesnakes.
Impact of venom on snake evolution and diversification: this line of investigation on one hand use phylogenetics and comparative morphological studies to test hypotheses on the use and adaptive evolution of venom and the venom apparatus under different selective regimes (e.g., dietary differences), and the interactions between venomous snakes and their predators. In particular, field studies have demonstrated that mimicry of venomous snakes is not restricted to brightly coloured models, but that the less conspicuous but nevertheless characteristic patterns of some venomous snakes also protect them from predatory attack, demonstrating that the protective umbrella of mimicry encompasses a higher proportion of snake diversity than previously known (Wüster et al., Proc. R. Soc. London B, 2004).
Phylogeographic patterns and biogeography of tropical snakes
Comparing phylogeographic patterns across multiple co-distributed species complexes can reveal shared patterns that can test for commonality of cause for shared patterns. Molecular data are particularly powerful in biogeographical analysis since they allow the absolute timing of lineage splits to be estimated. Current projects include investigations of zoogeographic relationships between Australia and New Guinea (Wüster et al., Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 2005), testing biogeographical hypotheses in the Amazon Basin (Wüster et al., Mol. Ecol., 2005), and the Middle East (Pook et al., Mol Phylogenet. Evol., 2009) and phylogeographic patterns in widespread African venomous snakes (Wüster et al., Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 2007).
Systematic revisions of venomous snakes
Understanding the systematics and phylogeny of venomous snakes provides the essential underpinnings to all other work on these animals, and constitutes a fundamental first step towards the rationalisation of antivenom manufacture and use. Using molecular (mtDNA and AFLP) and advanced multivariate morphological methods, I am revising the systematics of several groups of medically important venomous snakes, including the saw-scaled vipers (Echis), African and Asiatic cobras (Naja), and several Australasian elapids (Acanthophis and Pseudechis). This work is leading to a radical re-assessment of the systematic of several species groups, and has led to the description of five new species, including three cobras.
Publications
2023
- PublishedAposematism and Batesian mimicry in snakes: through the visible spectrum and beyond?
Wuster, C. & Wüster, W., 26 Feb 2023, In: Herpetology Notes. 16, p. 165-170
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedBungled Bungarus: lessons from a venomous snake complex illustrate why taxonomic decisions belong in taxonomy-competent journals
Wüster, W. & Kaiser, H., 31 May 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5297, 1, p. 139-143 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - E-pub ahead of printGenomics reveals broad hybridization in deeply divergent Palearctic grass and water snakes (Natrix spp.)
Schöneberg, Y., Winter, S., Arribas, O., Di Nicola, M. R., Master, M., Owens, J. B., Rovatsos, M., Wüster, W., Janke, A. & Fritz, U., 18 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMate today, gone tomorrow: male-on-female cannibalism in Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) in North Wales
Major, T., Bracegirdle, R., Gandini, A., Limia Russel, G., Pozzi, A., Morgan, R., Mulley, J. & Wüster, W., 17 Jan 2023, In: Herpetology Notes. 16, p. 51-54 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMedically important snakes and snakebite envenoming in Iran
Dehghani, R., Monzavi, S. M., Mehrpour, O., Shirazi, F. M., Hassanian-Moghaddam, H., Keyler, D. E., Wüster, W., Westerström, A. & Warrell, D. A., 23 May 2023, In: Toxicon. 230, 26 p., 107149.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMultilevel comparison of Indian Naja venoms and their cross-reactivity with Indian polyvalent antivenoms
Deka, A., Bhatia, S., Santra, V., Bharti, O., Lalremsanga, H., Martin, G., Wüster, W., Owens, J. B., Graham, S., Doley, R. & Malhotra, A., 1 Apr 2023, In: Toxins. 15, 4, 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOn the importance of types and the perils of “en passant” taxonomy: a brief history of the typification of Coluber naja Linnaeus, 1758 (Serpentes: Elapidae) and its implications, with the designation of a lectotype
Wüster, W. & Tillack, F., 20 Sep 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5346, 4, p. 403-419
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOne Size Fits All—Venomics of the Iberian Adder (Vipera seoanei, Lataste 1878) reveals low levels of venom variation across its distributional range
Avella, I., Damm, M., Freitas, I., Wüster, W., Lucchini, N., Zuazo, Ó., Süssmuth, R. & Martínez-Freiría, F., 1 Jun 2023, In: Toxins. 15, 6, 22 p., 371.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedYou are what your ancestors ate: retained bufadienolide resistance in the piscivorous water cobra Naja annulata (Serpentes: Elapidae)
Fletcher, J., Malhotra, A. & Wüster, W., 1 Jul 2023, In: Herpetological Journal. 33, 3, p. 83-87 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedAnalytical strategies in venomics.
Slaagboom, J., Kaal, C., Arrahman, A., Vonk, F. J., Somsen, G. W., Calvete, J. J., Wüster, W. & Kool, J., 1 Apr 2022, In: Microchemical Journal. 175, 22 p., 107187.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedBacterial Adaptation to Venom in Snakes and Arachnida
Esmaeilishirazifard, E., Usher, L., Trim, C., Sangal, V., Tyson, G. F., Barlow, A., Redway, K. F., Taylor, J. D., Kremida-Vlachou, M., Davies, S., Loftus, T. D., Lock, M. M. G., Wright, K., Dalby, A., Snyder, L. A. S., Wüster, W., Trim, S. & Moschos, S. A., 29 Jun 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 3, 16 p., e0240821.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedBlack-necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843 repels a large pack of banded mongooses (Mungos mungo).
Madsen, T. & Wüster, W., 15 Sep 2022, In: African Herp News. 80, p. 75-78 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedConvergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals
van Thiel, J., Khan, M. A., Wouters, R. M., Harris, R. J., Casewell, N. R., Fry, B. G., Kini, R. M., Mackessy, S. P., Vonk, F. J., Wüster, W. & Richardson, M. K., Oct 2022, In: Biological Reviews. 97, 5, p. 1823-1843 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGenetic ancestry of introduced populations of sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) in Wales
Owens, J. B., Wilkinson, J. W., Wüster, W., Barlow, A. & Papadopulos, A. S. T., 11 Oct 2022, Bangor: Natural Resources Wales. 32 p. (NRW Evidence Report; no. 596)
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review - PublishedHow do King Cobras move across a major highway? Unintentional wildlife crossing structures may facilitate movement
Jones, M. D., Marshall, B. M., Smith, S. N., Crane, M., Silva, I., Artchawakom, T., Suwanwaree, P., Waengsothorn, S., Wüster, W., Goode, M. & Strine, C. T., 17 Mar 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution. 12, 3, 15 p., e8691.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInterpopulational variation and ontogenetic shift in the venom composition of Lataste's viper (Vipera latastei, Boscá 1878) from northern Portugal
Avella, I., Calvete, J. J., Sanz, L., Wüster, W., Licata, F., Quesada-Bernat, S., Rodriguez, Y. & Martínez-Freiría, F., 15 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Proteomics. 263, 104613.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMohave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) identification revisited
Cardwell, M. D., Massey, D. J., Smelski, G. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2022, In: Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. 33, 2, p. 210-218
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier
Callaghan, C. T., Mesaglio, T., Asher, J. S., Brooks, T. M., Cabras, A. A., Chandler, M., Cornwell, W. K., Ríos-Málaver, I. C., Dankowicz, E., Dhiya'ulhaq, N. U., Fuller, R. A., Galindo-Real, C., Grattarola, F., Hewitt, S., Higgins, L., Hitchcock, C., Hung, K-L. J., Iwane, T., Kahumbu, P., Kendrick, R., Kieschnick, S. R., Kunz, G., Lee, C. C., Lin, C-T., Loarie, S., Medina, M. N., McGrouther, M. A., Miles, L., Modi, S., Nowak, K., Oktaviani, R., Waswala Olewe, B. M., Pagé, J., Petrovan, S., saari, C., Seltzer, C. E., Seregin, A. P., Sullivan, J. J., Sumanapala, A. P., Takoukam, A., Widness, J., Willmott, K., Wüster, W. & Young, A. N., 10 Nov 2022, In: PLoS Biology. 20, 11, p. e3001843 6 p., e3001843.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedToxic habits: an analysis of general trends and biases in snake venom research
Avella, I., Wüster, W., Luiselli, L. & Martínez-Freiría, F., 17 Dec 2022, In: Toxins. 14, 12, p. 884 17 p., 884.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedAdvances in Venomous Snake Systematics, 2009–2019
Wüster, W., 25 May 2021, Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles, Second Edition. Mackessy, S. P. (ed.). Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, p. 123-145 23 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedAn evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder
Ellis, R. J., Kaiser, H., Maddock, S., Doughty, P. & Wüster, W., 29 Jun 2021, In: Zootaxa. 4995, 1, p. 161–172 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCitizen science and online data: Opportunities and challenges for snake ecology and action against snakebite
Durso, A. M., Ruiz de Castañeda, R., Montalcini, C., Mondardini, M. R., Fernandez-Marquez, J. L., Grey, F., Müller, M. M., Uetz, P., Marshall, B., Gray, R. J., Smith, C. E., Becker, D., Pingleton, M., Louies, J., Abegg, A. D., Akuboy, J., Alcoba, G., Daltry, J. C., Entiauspe-Neto, O. M., Freed, P., de Freitas, M. A., Glaudas, X., Huang, S., Huang, T., Kalki, Y., Kojima, Y., Laudisoit, A., Limbu, K. P., Martínez-Fonseca, J. G., Mebert, K., Rödel, M. O., Ruane, S., Ruedi, M., Schmitz, A., Tatum, S. A., Tillack, F., Visvanathan, A., Wüster, W. & Bolon, I., 1 Jul 2021, In: Toxicon: X. 9-10, 19 p., 100071.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedConfronting taxonomic vandalism in biology: conscientious community self-organization can preserve nomenclatural stability
Wüster, W., Thomson, S. A., O'Shea, M. & Kaiser, H., Jul 2021, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133, 3, p. 645–670 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedConvergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras
Kazandjian, T. D., Petras, D., Robinson, S. D., van Thiel, J., Greene, H. W., Arbuckle, K., Barlow, A., Carter, D. A., Wouters, R., Whiteley, G., Wagstaff, S. C., Arias, A. S., Albulescu, L. O., Plettenberg Laing, A., Hall, C., Heap, A., Penrhyn-Lowe, S., McCabe, C. V., Ainsworth, S., da Silva, R. R., Dorrestein, P. C., Richardson, M. K., Gutiérrez, J. M., Calvete, J. J., Harrison, R. A., Vetter, I., Undheim, E. A. B., Wüster, W. & Casewell, N. R., 22 Jan 2021, In: Science. 371, 6527, p. 386-390 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCrowdsourcing snake identification with online communities of professional herpetologists and avocational snake enthusiasts
Durso, A. M., Bolon, I., Kleinhesselink, A. R., Mondardini, M. R., Fernandez-Marquez, J. L., Gutsche-Jones, F., Gwilliams, C., Tanner, M., Smith, C. E., Wüster, W., Grey, F. & Ruiz de Castañeda, R., 13 Jan 2021, In: Royal Society Open Science. 8, 1, 21 p., 201273.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGenome-wide data implicate terminal fusion automixis in king cobra facultative parthenogenesis.
Card, D. C., Vonk, F. J., Smallbrugge, S., Casewell, N. R., Wüster, W., Castoe, T. A., Schuett, G. W. & Booth, W., 31 Mar 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 9 p., 7271.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedKing or royal family? Testing for species boundaries in the King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836), using morphology and multilocus DNA analyses
Gowri Shankar, P., Swamy, P., Williams, R. C., Ganesh, S. R., Moss, M., Höglund, J., Das, I., Sahoo, G., Vijayakumar, S. P., Shanker, K., Wüster, W. & Dutta, S. K., Dec 2021, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 165, 107300, 63 p., 107300.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPromoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base
Malhotra, A., Wüster, W., Owens, J. B., Hodges, C. W., Jesudasan, A., Ch, G., Kartik, A., Christopher, P., Louies, J., Naik, H., Santra, V., Kuttalam, S. R., Attre, S., Sasa, M., Bravo-Vega, C. & Murray, K. A., 1 Nov 2021, In: Toxicon: X. 12, November 2021, 18 p., 10081.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTaxonomy and nomenclature of the Pantherophis obsoletus complex
Hillis, D. M. & Wüster, W., 9 Mar 2021, In: Herpetological Review. 52, 1, p. 51-52 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedUnexpected lack of specialisation in the flow properties of spitting cobra venom
Avella, I., Barajas-Ledesma, E., Casewell, N. R., Harrison, R. A., Rowley, P., Crittenden, E., Wüster, W., Castiglia, R., Holland, C. & van der Meijden, A., 7 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 224, 7, 11 p., jeb229229.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedEnvisioning the future with 'compassionate conservation': An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity
Callen, A., Hayward, M. W., Klop-Toker, K., Allen, B. L., Ballard, G., Beranek, C. T., Broekhuis, F., Bugir, C. K., Clarke, R. H., Clulow, J., Clulow, S., Daltry, J. C., Davies-Mostert, H. T., Di Blanco, Y. E., Dixon, V., Fleming, P. J. S., Howell, L. G., Kerley, G. I. H., Legge, S. M., Lenga, D. J., Major, T., Montgomery, R. A., Moseby, K., Meyer, N., Parker, D. M., Periquet, S., Read, J., Scanlon, R. J., Shuttleworth, C., Tamessar, C. T., Taylor, W. A., Tuft, K., Upton, R. M. O., Valenzuela, M., Witt, R. R. & Wuster, W., Jan 2020, In: Biological Conservation. 241, 108365.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEvaluating taxonomic inflation: towards evidence-based species delimitation in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae)
Freitas, I., Ursenbacher, S., Mebert, K., Zinenko, O., Schweiger, S., Wüster, W., Brito, J. C., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Halpern, B., Fahd, S., Santos, X., Pleguezuelos, J. M., Joger, U., Orlov, N., Mizsei, E., Lourdais, O., Zuffi, M. A. L., Strugariu, A., Zamfirescu, Ş. R., Martínez-Solano, Í., Velo-Antón, G., Kaliontzopoulou, A. & Martínez-Freiría, F., 30 Jun 2020, In: Amphibia-Reptilia. 41, 3, p. 285-311 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedFangs for the Memories? A Survey of Pain in Snakebite Patients Does Not Support a Strong Role for Defense in the Evolution of Snake Venom Composition
Ward-Smith, H., Naude, A., Arbuckle, K. & Wuster, W., 22 Mar 2020, In: Toxins. 12, 3, 19 p., 201.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMarking the un-markable: visible implant elastomer in wild juvenile snakes
Major, T., Alkins, D. R., Jeffrey, L. & Wüster, W., 1 Jul 2020, In: Herpetological Journal. 30, 3, p. 173-176 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNatural History Notes. Scolecophis atrocinctus (Black-banded Snake). Reproduction / Combat Behaviour
Chernov, E., Hoffmann, E. P. & Wüster, W., 1 Sep 2020, In: Herpetological Review. 51, 3, p. 628-629 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedResponse to comments on "Compassionate Conservation deserves a morally serious rather than dismissive response - reply to Callen et al., 2020"
Callen, A., Hayward, M. W., Klop-Toker, K., Allen, B. L., Ballard, G., Beranek, C. T., Broekhuis, F., Bugir, C. K., Clarke, R. H., Clulow, J., Clulow, S., Daltry, J. C., Davies-Mostert, H. T., Di Blanco, Y. E., Dixon, V., Fleming, P. J. S., Howell, L. G., Kerley, G. I. H., Legge, S. M., Lenga, D. J., Major, T., Montgomery, R. A., Moseby, K., Meyer, N., Parker, D. M., Periquet, S., Read, J., Scanlon, R. J., Shuttleworth, C., Tamessar, C. T., Taylor, W. A., Tuft, K., Upton, R. M. O., Valenzuela, M., Witt, R. R. & Wuster, W., 30 Apr 2020, In: Biological Conservation. 244
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
2019
- PublishedAncient habitat shifts and organismal diversification are decoupled in the African viper genus Bitis (Serpentes: Viperidae)
Barlow, A., Wüster, W., Kelly, C. M. R., Branch, W., Phelps, T. & Tolley, K. A., 1 Jun 2019, In: Journal of Biogeography. 46, 6, p. 1234-1248 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedConfirmation of Naja oxiana in Himachal Pradesh, India
Santra, V., Owens, J. B., Graham, S., Wüster, W., Kuttalam, S. R., Bharti, O., Selvan, M., Mukherjee, N. & Malhotra, A., 1 Dec 2019, In: Herpetological Bulletin. 150, p. 26-28
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDeconstructing compassionate conservation
Hayward, M. W., Callen, A., Allen, B. L., Ballard, G., Broekhuis, F., Bugir, C., Clarke, R. H., Clulow, J., Clulow, S., Daltry, J. C., Davies-Mostert, H. T., Fleming, P. J. S., Griffin, A. S., Howell, L. G., Kerley, G. I. H., Klop-Toker, K., Legge, S., Major, T., Meyer, N., Montgomery, R. A., Moseby, K., Parker, D. M., Périquet, S., Read, J., Scanlon, R., Seeto, R., Shuttleworth, C., Somers, M. J., Tamessar, C. T., Tuft, K., Upton, R., Valenzuela-Molina, M., Wayne, A., Witt, R. R. & Wuster, W., Aug 2019, In: Conservation Biology. 33, 4, p. 760-768
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhen one phenotype is not enough: divergent evolutionary trajectories govern venom variation in a widespread rattlesnake species
Zancolli, G., Calvete, J. J., Cardwell, M. D., Greene, H. W., Hayes, W. K., Hegarty, M. J., Herrmann, H-W., Holycross, A. T., Lannutti, D. I., Mulley, J. F., Sanz, L., Travis, Z. D., Whorley, J. R., Wuster, C. E. & Wuster, W., 13 Mar 2019, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1898, p. 20182735
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedIntegration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in Central and West Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae).
Wuster, W., Chirio, L., Trape, J. F., Ineich, I., Jackson, K., Greenbaum, E., Barron, C., Kusamba, C., Nagy, Z. T., Storey, R., Hall, C., Wuster, C., Barlow, A. & Broadley, D. G., 1 Aug 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4455, 1, p. 68-98 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe medical threat of mamba envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa revealed by genus-wide analysis of venom composition, toxicity and antivenomics profiling of available antivenoms
Ainsworth, S., Petras, D., Engmark, M., Süssmuth, R., Rowley, P., Wuster, W., Dorrestein, P. C., Arias, A. S., Gutiérrez, J. M., Harrison, R. A., Casewell, N. R. & Calvete, J. J., 10 Feb 2018, In: Journal of Proteomics. 172, p. 173-189
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedVenom complexity in a pitviper produced by facultative parthenogenesis
Calvete, J. J., Casewell, N. R., Hernandez-Guzman, U., Quesada-Bernat, S., Sanz, L., Rokyta, D. R., Storey, D., Albulescu, L. O., Wuster, W., Smith, C. F., Schuett, G. W. & Booth, W., 1 Aug 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 12 p., 11539 (2018).
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWidespread vulnerability of Malagasy predators to the toxins of an introduced toad
Marshall, B. M., Casewell, N. R., Vences, M., Glaw, F., Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Zancolli, G., Woog, F. & Wuster, W., 4 Jun 2018, In: Current Biology. 28, 11, p. R654-R655 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedDifferential procoagulant effects of saw-scaled viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Echis) snake venoms on human plasma and the narrow taxonomic ranges of antivenom efficacies
Aymeric, R., Soerensen, C., op den Brouw, B., Lister, C., Dashevsky, D., Arbuckle, K., Gloria, A., Zdenek, C., Casewell, N. R., Gutiérrez, J. M., Wuster, W., Ali, S. A., Masci, P., Rowley, P., Frank, N. & Fry, B. G., 5 Oct 2017, In: Toxicology Letters. 280, 159-170, p. 159-170
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMulti-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes(Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes)
Maddock, S., Childerstone, A., Fry, B. G., Williams, D. J., Barlow, A. & Wüster, W., 1 Feb 2017, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107, February, p. 48-55
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNatural History Notes. Naja kaouthia (monocled cobra). Behavior / Spitting.
Santra, V. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2017, In: Herpetological Review. 48, 2, p. 455-456 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhylogeography of the Central American lancehead Bothrops asper (SERPENTES: VIPERIDAE)
Saldarriaga-Córdoba, M., Parkinson, C. L., Daza, J. M., Wuster, W. & Sasa, M., 27 Nov 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 11, p. 1-20 20 p., e0187969.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedVenom-on-a-chip: a fast and efficient method for comparative venomics
Zancolli, G., Sanz, L., Calvete, J. J. & Wuster, W., 28 May 2017, In: Toxins. 9, 179, p. 1-15 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedIs Hybridization a Source of Adaptive Venom Variation in Rattlesnakes? A Test, Using a Crotalus scutulatus x viridis Hybrid Zone in Southwestern New Mexico
Zancolli, G., Baker, TI. G., Barlow, A., Bradley, R. K., Calvete, J. J., Carter, K. C., de Jager, K., Owens, J. B., Price, J. F., Sanz, L., Scholes-Higham, A., Shier, L., Wood, L., Wuster, C. & Wüster, W., 16 Jun 2016, In: Toxins. 8, 188, p. 1-16 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhylogeny and diversification of mountain vipers (Montivipera, Nilson et al., 2001) triggered by multiple Plio–Pleistocene refugia and high-mountain topography in the Near and Middle East
Stümpel, N., Rajabizadeh, M., Avci, A., Wüster, W. & Joger, U., Aug 2016, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 101, p. 336-351
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRecent developments in rattlesnake phylogenetics, phylogeography and species delimitation
Wüster, W., 2016, Rattlesnakes of Arizona. Schuett, G. W., Feldner, M. J., Smith, C. F. & Reiserer, R. S. (eds.). Rodeo, New Mexico: Eco Publishing, Vol. 2. p. 9 29 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2015
- PublishedA new species of death adder (Acanthophis: Serpentes: Elapidae) from north-western Australia
Wuster, W., Maddock, S. T., Ellis, R. J., Doughty, P., Smith, L. A. & Wüster, W., 28 Aug 2015, In: Zootaxa. 4007, 3, p. 301-326
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNatural History Notes: Crotalus scutulatus (Mohave rattlesnake). Maximum size.
Mrinalini, N. V., Hicks, J. J. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2015, In: Herpetological Review. 46, 2, p. 271 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe origin and evolution of the Toxicofera reptile venom system.
Fry, B. G., Sunagar, K., Casewell, N. R., Kochva, E., Roelants, K., Scheib, H., Wüster, W., Vidal, N., Young, B., Burbink, F., Pyron, R. A., Vonk, F. J. & Jackson, T. N. W., Dec 2015, Venomous Reptiles and Their Toxins: Evolution, Pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. Fry, B. G. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford: OUP, p. 1 31 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedWidespread convergence in toxin resistance by predictable molecular evolution
Wuster, W., Ujvari, B., Casewell, N. R., Sunagar, K., Arbuckle, K., Wüster, W., Lo, N., O'Meally, D., Beckmann, C., King, G. F., Deplazes, E. & Madsen, T., 22 Sep 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 112, 38, p. 11911-11916
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedComments on Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, ELAPIDAE): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was published [Case 3601]
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Broadley, D. G. & Wallach, V., 1 Mar 2014, In: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 71, 1, p. 37-38
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMedically important differences in snake venom composition are dictated by distinct postgenomic mechanisms
Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Wagstaff, S. C., Wüster, W., Cook, D. A., Bolton, F. M., King, S. I., Plan, D., Sanz. L., N. V., Calvete, J. J. & Harrison, R. A., 9 Jun 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 25, p. 9205-9210
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedBest practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review
Wuster, W., Kaiser, H., Crother, B. I., Kelly, C. M., Luiselli, L., O’Shea, M., Ota, H., Passos, P., Schleip, W. D. & Wüster, W., 1 Jan 2013, In: Herpetological Review. 44, p. 8-23
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedComplex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms
Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Wüster, W., Vonk, F. J., Harrison, R. A. & Fry, B. G., 1 Apr 2013, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 28, 4, p. 291-229
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhylogeography of the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans) reveals multiple Pleistocene refugia in southern Africa
Barlow, A., Baker, K., Hendry, C. R., Peppin, L., Phelps, T., Tolley, K. A., Wüster, C. E. & Wuster, W., 1 Feb 2013, In: Molecular Ecology. 22, 4, p. 1134-1157
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system
Wuster, W., Vonk, F. J., Casewell, N. R., Henkel, C., Heimberg, A. M., Jansen, H. J., McCleary, R. J., Kerkkamp, H. M., Vos, R. A., Guerreiro, I., Calvete, J. J., Wüster, W., Woods, A. E., Logan, J. M., Harrison, R. A., Castoe, T. A., Jason de Koning, A. P., Pollock, D. D., Yandell, M., Calderon, D., Renjifo, C., Currier, R. B., Salgado, D., Pla, D., Sanz, L., Hyder, A. S., Ribeiro, J. M., Arntzen, J. W., van den Thillart, G. E., Boetzer, M., Pirovano, W., Dirks, R. P., Spaink, H. P., Duboule, D., McGlinn, E., Kini, R. M. & Richardson, M. K., 17 Dec 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 110, 51, p. 20651-20656
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedAnonymous nuclear markers for the African adders (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bitis)
De Bruyn, M., Wuster, W., Barlow, A. & Grail, W., 1 Dec 2012, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 4, 4, p. 967-969
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDynamic evolution of venom proteins in squamate reptiles
Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R. & Wüster, W., 18 Sep 2012, In: Nature Communications. 3, p. Article number: 1066
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system
Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Casewell, N. R., Wüster, W., Vidal, N., Young, B. & Jackson, T. N., 15 Sep 2012, In: Toxicon. 60, 4, p. 434-448
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedVenom lethality and diet: Differential responses of natural prey and model organisms to the venom of the saw-scaled vipers (Echis)
Richards, D. P., Barlow, A. & Wüster, W., 1 Jan 2012, In: Toxicon. 59, p. 110-116 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2011
- PublishedDomain loss facilitates accelerated evolution and neofunctionalization of duplicate snake venom metalloproteinase toxin genes.
Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Wagstaff, S. C., Harrison, R. A., Renjifo, C. & Wüster, W., 1 Sep 2011, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28, 9, p. 2637-2649
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEnding the drought: new strategies for improving the flow of affordable, effective antivenoms in Asia and Africa
Williams, D. J., Gutiérrez, J. M., Calvete, J. J., Wüster, W., Ratanabanangkoon, K., Paiva, O., Brown, N. I., Casewell, N. R., Harrison, R. A., Rowley, P., O'Shea, M., Jensen, S. D. & Winkel, K. D., 24 Aug 2011, In: Journal of Proteomics. 74, 9, p. 1735–1767 33 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGene tree parsimony of multilocus snake venom protein families reveals species tree conflict as a result of multiple parallel gene loss.
Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Wagstaff, S. C., Harrison, R. A. & Wüster, W., 1 Mar 2011, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28, 3, p. 1157-1172
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- PublishedPre-clinical assays predict pan-african Echis viper efficacy for a species-specific antivenom.
Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Cook, D. A., Wagstaff, S. C., Nasidi, A., Durfa, N., Wüster, W. & Harrison, R. A., 1 Oct 2010, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4, 10, p. e851
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhat's your poison?
Wuster, W. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2010, In: Heredity. 104, 6, p. 519
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedCo-evolution of diet and prey-specific venom activity supports the role of selection in snake venom evolution.
Wuster, W., Barlow, A., Pook, C. E., Harrison, R. A. & Wüster, W., 1 Jul 2009, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 276, 1666, p. 2443-2449
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCoevolution of diet and prey-specific venom activity supports the role of selection in snake venom evolution.
Barlow, A., Pook, C. E., Harrison, R. A. & Wüster, W., 7 Jul 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedComparative venom gland transcriptome surveys of the saw-scaled vipers (Viperidae: Echis) reveal substantial intra-family gene diversity and novel venom transcripts.
Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Harrison, R. A., Wüster, W. & Wagstaff, S. C., 30 Nov 2009, In: BMC Genomics. 10, p. 564
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIn praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae).
Wuster, W., Wallach, V., Wüster, W. & Broadley, D. G., 21 Sep 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2236, p. 26-36
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhylogeography and systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja haje) species complex, with the description of a new species from West Africa.
Wuster, W., Trape, J. F., Chirio, L. & Wüster, W., 21 Sep 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2236, p. 1-25
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRecent advances in venomous snake systematics.
Wuster, W., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Wüster, W. & Mackessy, S. P. (ed.), 1 Jan 2009, Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles. 2009 ed. CRC Press, p. 25-64
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedWhen continents collide: Phylogeny, historical biogeography and systematics of the medically important viper genus Echis (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae).
Wuster, W., Pook, C. E., Joger, U., Stumpel, N. & Wüster, W., 1 Dec 2009, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53, 3, p. 792-807
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
- PublishedA nesting of vipers: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Viperidae (Squamata: Serpentes).
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Peppin, L., Pook, C. E. & Walker, D. E., 1 Nov 2008, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49, 2, p. 445-459
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOrigin of the eastern brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) (Serpentes : Elapidae : Hydrophiinae) in New Guinea: evidence of multiple dispersals from Australia, and comments on the status of Pseudonaja textilis pughi Hoser 2003.
Wuster, W., Williams, D. J., O'Shea, M., Daguerre, R. L., Pook, C. E., Wüster, W., Hayden, C. J., McVay, J. D., Paiva, O., Matainaho, T., Winkel, K. D. & Austin, C. C., 1 Jan 2008, In: Zootaxa. 1703, p. 47-61
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2007
- PublishedGet an eyeful of this: a new species of giant spitting cobra from eastern and north-eastern Africa (Squamata : Serpentes : Elapidae : Naja)
Wuster, W., Wüster, W. & Broadley, D. G., 1 Jan 2007, In: Zootaxa. 1532, p. 51-68
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhylogeographic patterns of trans-Amazonian vicariants and Amazonian biogeography: the Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus complex) as an example.
Wuster, W., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Ferguson, J. E., Pook, C. E., Da Graca Salomao, M., Thorpe, R. S. & Wüster, W., 1 Aug 2007, In: Journal of Biogeography. 34, 8, p. 1296-1312
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe phylogeny of cobras inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: Evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes : Elapidae : Naja nigricollia complex)
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Crookes, S., Ineich, I., Mane, Y., Pook, C. E., Trape, J. F. & Broadley, D. G., 1 Nov 2007, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45, 2, p. 437-453
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006
- PublishedRoles of CITES in protecting new species.
Wuster, W., Vonk, F. J. & Wüster, W., 18 Aug 2006, In: Science. 313, 5789, p. 915-916
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe good, the bad and the ugly: Australian snake taxonomists and a history of the taxanomy of Australia's venomous snakes.
Wuster, W., Williams, D., Wüster, W. & Fry, B. G., 1 Dec 2006, In: Toxicon. 48, 7, p. 919-930
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2005
- PublishedMorphological correlates of incipient arboreality and ornithophagy in island pitvipers, and the phylogenetic position of Bothrops insularis.
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Duarte, M. R. & Da Graca Salomao, M., 1 May 2005, In: Journal of Zoology. 266, 1, p. 1-10
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNo rattlesnakes in the rainforests: reply to Gosling and Bush
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Ferguson, J. E., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Pook, C. E., Da Graca Salomao, M. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Oct 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 11, p. 3619-3621
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSnakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes : Elapidae : Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis).
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Dumbrell, A. J., Hay, C., Pook, C. E., Williams, D. J. & Fry, B. G., 1 Jan 2005, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34, 1, p. 1-14
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSnakes of Papua New Guinea.
Wuster, W., Williams, D., Wüster, W., Jensen, S. (ed.), Nimorakiotakis, B. (ed.) & Winkel, K. D. (ed.), 1 Jan 2005, Venomous bites and stings in Papua New Guinea: A guide to treatment for health workers and doctors. 2005 ed. Parkville, Vic. : Australian Venom Research Unit, p. 33-64
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedTracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes : Viperidae : Crotalus durissus)
Wuster, W., Ferguson, J. E., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Pook, C. E., Salomao, M. D. & Thorpe, R., 25 Feb 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 4, p. 1095-1108
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2004
- PublishedA review of the southern African ‘non-spitting’ cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja).
Wuster, W., Broadley, D. G. & Wüster, W., 1 Jan 2004, In: African Journal of Herpetology. 53, 2, p. 101-122
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAssembling an arsenal: Origin and evolution of the snake venom proteome inferred from phylogenetic analysis of toxin sequences.
Wuster, W., Fry, B. G. & Wüster, W., 1 May 2004, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21, 5, p. 870-883
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDo aposematism and Batesian mimicry require bright colours? A test, using European viper markings.
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Allum, C. S., Bjargardottir, I. B., Bailey, K. L., Dawson, K. J., Guenioui, J., Lewis, J., McGurk, J., Moore, A. G., Niskanen, M. & Pollard, C. P., 7 Dec 2004, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 271, 1556, p. 2495-2499
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2003
- PublishedA new species of spitting cobra (Naja) from north-eastern Africa (Serpentes : Elapidae)
Wuster, W., Wüster, W. & Broadley, D. G., 1 Jan 2003, In: Journal of Zoology. 259, 4, p. 345-359
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAnalysis of Colubroidea snake venoms by liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry: evolutionary and toxinological implications.
Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Wüster, W., Ramjan, S. F., Jackson, T., Martelli, P. & Kini, R. M., 1 Aug 2003, In: Rapid communications in Mass Spectrometry. 17, 18, p. 2047-2062
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEffectiveness of snake antivenom: Species and regional venom variation and its clinical impact.
Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Winkel, K. D., Wickramaratna, J. C., Hodgson, W. C. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2003, In: Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews. 22, 1, p. 23-34
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGeographic distribution: Bothriopsis taeniata or Bothrops taeniatus (Speckled forest-pitviper).
Wuster, W., Freire, L. A., Garcia, F., Wüster, W. & Kuch, U., 1 Jan 2003, In: Herpetological Review. 34, p. 263
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIsolation of a neurotoxin (alpha colubritoxin) from a nonvenomous colubrid: Evidence for early origin of venom in snakes
Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Lumsden, N. G., Wüster, W., Wickramaratna, J. C., Hodgson, W. C. & Kini, R. M., 1 Oct 2003, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57, 4, p. 446-452
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMolecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins.
Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Wüster, W., Kini, R. M., Brusic, V., Khan, A., Venkataraman, D. & Rooney, A. P., 1 Jul 2003, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57, 1, p. 110-129
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe conserved structure of snake venom toxins confers extensive immunological cross-reactivity to toxin-specific antibody.
Wuster, W., Harrison, R. A., Wüster, W. & Theakston, R. D., 1 Mar 2003, In: Toxicon. 41, 4, p. 441-449
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2002
- PublishedA new species of wolf snake (Serpentes : Colubridae : Lycodon) from the Cardamom Mountains, southwestern Cambodia
Wuster, W., Daltry, J. C. & Wüster, W., 1 Dec 2002, In: Herpetologica. 58, 4, p. 498-504
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedElectrospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry fingerprinting of Acanthophis (death adder) venoms: taxonomic and toxinological implications.
Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Wickramaratna, J. C., Hodgson, W. C., Alewood, P. F., Kini, R. M., Ho, H. & Wüster, W., 1 Feb 2002, In: Rapid communications in Mass Spectrometry. 16, 6, p. 600-608
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOrigin and evolution of the South American pitviper fauna: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis.
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Salomao, M. G., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Thorpe, R. S., Campbell, J. A. (ed.), Brodie, E. D. (ed.), Schuett, G. W. (ed.), Hoggren, M. (ed.), Douglas, M. E. (ed.) & Greene, H. W. (ed.), 1 Jan 2002, Biology of the Vipers. 2002 ed. Eagle Mountain Publishing, p. 111-128
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedOrigin and phylogenetic position of the Lesser Antillean species of Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae): biogeographical and medical implications.
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Thorpe, R. S., Salomao, M. G., Thomas, L., Puorto, G., Theakston, R. D. & Warrell, D. A., 1 Jan 2002, In: Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology). 68, p. 101-106
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2001
- PublishedA new species of indigo snake from north-western Venezuela (Serpentes : Colubridae : Drymarchon)
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Yrausquin, J. L. & Mijares-Urrutia, A., 1 Oct 2001, In: Herpetological Journal. 11, 4, p. 157-165
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCombining mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data to infer species boundaries: phylogeography of lanceheaded pitvipers in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the status of Bothrops pradoi (Squamata : Serpentes : Viperidae).
Wuster, W., Puorto, G., Da Graca Salomao, M., Theakston, R. D., Thorpe, R. S., Warrell, D. A. & Wüster, W., 1 Jul 2001, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14, 4, p. 527-538
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2000
- PublishedA new cobra (Elapidae : Naja) from Myanmar (Burma)
Wuster, W., Slowinski, J. B. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2000, In: Herpetologica. 56, 2, p. 257-270
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHistorical biogeography of the western rattlesnake (Serpentes : Viperidae : Crotalus viridis), inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence information
Pook, C. E., Wuster, W. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 May 2000, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 15, 2, p. 269-282
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review