Confirmation 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

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Deconstructing 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

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Ancient 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.

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When 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

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Integration 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.

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Venom 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).

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Widespread 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.

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The 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

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Phylogeography 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.

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Differential 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

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Natural 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.

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Venom-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.

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Multi-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

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Phylogeny 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

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Is 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, T. 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.

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Widespread 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 Sept 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 112, 38, p. 11911-11916

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A 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

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Natural History Notes: Crotalus scutulatus (Mohave rattlesnake). Maximum size.

Mrinalini, [. V., Hicks, J. J. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2015, In: Herpetological Review. 46, 2, p. 271 1 p.

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Medically 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., [. 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

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Comments 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

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The 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

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Complex 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

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Phylogeography 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

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Best 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

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Anonymous 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

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Dynamic evolution of venom proteins in squamate reptiles

Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R. & Wüster, W., 18 Sept 2012, In: Nature Communications. 3, p. Article number: 1066

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The 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 Sept 2012, In: Toxicon. 60, 4, p. 434-448

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Venom 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.

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Domain 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 Sept 2011, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28, 9, p. 2637-2649

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Ending 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.

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Gene 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

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Pre-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

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What's your poison?

Wuster, W. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2010, In: Heredity. 104, 6, p. 519

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When 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

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Comparative 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

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In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae).

Wuster, W., Wallach, V., Wüster, W. & Broadley, D. G., 21 Sept 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2236, p. 26-36

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Phylogeography 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 Sept 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2236, p. 1-25

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Co-evolution 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., 1 Jul 2009, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 276, 1666, p. 2443-2449

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A 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

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Origin 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

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The 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

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Phylogeographic 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

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Get 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

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The 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

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Roles of CITES in protecting new species.

Wuster, W., Vonk, F. J. & Wüster, W., 18 Aug 2006, In: Science. 313, 5789, p. 915-916

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No 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

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Morphological 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

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