Professor Wolfgang Wüster
Professor in Zoology (Molecular Ecology)

Affiliations
Links
- http://mefgl.bangor.ac.uk/staff/wuster.php
Personal home page
Contact info
3rd floor, Environment Centre Wales, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK
Email: w.wuster@bangor.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1248 382301
Web: ResearchGate; GoogleScholar
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Black-necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843 repels a large pack of banded mongooses (Mungos mungo).
Madsen, T. & Wüster, W., 15 Sept 2022, In: African Herp News. 80, p. 75-78 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 8-23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bacterial 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
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Assembling 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. 870-883Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aposematism and Batesian mimicry in snakes: through the visible spectrum and beyond?
Wuster, C. & Wüster, W., 26 Feb 2023, In: Herpetology Notes. 16, p. 165-170Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 967-969Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country today, according to our new study of a scroll
Winder, I. C. & Wüster, W., 16 Oct 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Analytical 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
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Analysis 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. 2047-2062Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An 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
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Advances 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
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A 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. 101-122Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A reliance on human habitats is key to the success of an introduced predatory reptile
Major, T., Jeffrey, L., Limia Russel, G., Bracegirdle, R., Gandini, A., Morgan, R., Marshall, B. M., Mulley, J. & Wüster, W., 3 Sept 2024, BioRxiv, 29 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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A reliance on human habitats is key to the success of an introduced predatory reptile
Major, T., Jeffrey, L., Limia Russel, G., Bracegirdle, R., Gandini, A., Morgan, R., Marshall, B., Mulley, J. & Wüster, W., 5 Feb 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 2, p. e0310352 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A 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. 498-504Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A 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. 345-359Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A 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. 157-165Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 301-326Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new cobra (Elapidae : Naja) from Myanmar (Burma)
Wuster, W., Slowinski, J. B. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2000, In: Herpetologica. 56, 2, p. 257-270Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 445-459Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review