Wolfgang WÜSTER
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CASEWELL, N.R., R.A. HARRISON, W. WÜSTER & S.C. WAGSTAFF (2009) Comparative
venom gland transcriptome surveys of the saw-scaled vipers (Viperidae: Echis) reveal substantial intra-family
gene diversity and novel venom transcripts. BMC Genomics 10: 564. Open Access,
available here
POOK, C.E., U. JOGER, N. STÜMPEL & W. WÜSTER (2009) When continents
collide: phylogeny, historical biogeography and systematics of the medically
important viper genus Echis
(Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 792-807.
pdf
ANTONELLI,
A., A. QUIJADA-MASCAREÑAS, A.J. CRAWFORD, J.M. BATES, P.M. VELAZCO & W.
WÜSTER (in press) Molecular studies and phylogeography of Amazonian tetrapods
and their relation to geological and climatic models. In
TRAPE,
J.-F., L. CHIRIO, D.G. BROADLEY & W. WÜSTER (2009) Phylogeography and
systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja haje) species complex, with the
description of a new species from
WALLACH,
V., W. WÜSTER & D.G. BROADLEY (2009) In praise of subgenera: taxonomic
status of cobras of the genus Naja
Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae). Zootaxa 2236:
26-36. pdf
QUIJADA-MASCAREÑAS,
A. & W. WÜSTER (2009) Recent Advances in Venomous Snake Systematics. In Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles
(S.P. Mackessy, ed.), pp. 25-64. CRC Press,
BARLOW, A., C.E. POOK., R.A. HARRISON & W. WÜSTER
(2009) Co-evolution of diet and prey-specific venom activity supports the role
of selection in snake venom evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276:
2443-2449. pdf
WÜSTER , W., L. PEPPIN, C.E. POOK & D.E. WALKER
(2008) A nesting of vipers: phylogeny and historical biogeography of the
Viperidae (Squamata: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49:
445-459. pdf
WILLIAMS, D.J., M. O'SHEA, R.L. DAGUERRE, C.E. POOK, W. WÜSTER , C.J. HAYDEN,
J.D. MCVAY, O. PAIVA, T. MATAINAHO, K.D. WINKEL & C.C. AUSTIN
WÜSTER , W., S. CROOKES, I. INEICH, Y. MANE, C.E. POOK, J.-F. TRAPE &
D.G.BROADLEY (2007) The phylogeny of cobras inferred from
mitochondrial DNA sequences: evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography
of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja
nigricollis complex). Molecular Phylogenetics
and Evolution, 45: 437-453. pdf
CISNEROS-HEREDIA, D.F., U. KUCH, A. FREIRE LASCANO & W. WÜSTER (2007)
Reptilia, Squamate, Colubridae, Clelia clelia: range extensions and new
provincial records from
WÜSTER , W. & D.G. BROADLEY (2007) Get an eyeful of this: a new species of
giant spitting cobra from eastern and north-eastern
QUIJADA-MASCAREÑAS, J.A., J.E. FERGUSON, C.E. POOK, M.G. SALOMÃO, R.S. THORPE
& W. WÜSTER (2007) Phylogeographic patterns of trans-Amazonian vicariants
and Amazonian biogeography: the Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus complex)
as an example. Journal of Biogeography 34: 1296-1312. pdf
VONK, F.J. & W. WÜSTER (2006) Roles of CITES in protecting new species.
Science 313: 915-916. pdf
WILLIAMS, D., W. WÜSTER & B.G. FRY (2006) The good, the bad and the ugly:
Australian snake taxonomists and a history of the taxonomy of
QUIJADA-MASCAREÑAS, A. & W. WÜSTER (2006) On the origins and dispersal of
Neotropical rattlesnakes in
WÜSTER , W., J.E. FERGUSON, J.A. QUIJADA-MASCAREÑAS, C.E. POOK,M.G. SALOMÃO
& R.S. THORPE (2005) Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia and the
phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus
durissus). Molecular Ecology 14: 1095-1108. pdf
WÜSTER , W., J.E. FERGUSON, J.A. QUIJADA-MASCAREÑAS, C.E. POOK,M.G. SALOMÃO
& R.S. THORPE (2005) No rattlesnakes in the rainforests: reply to Gosling
and Bush. Molecular Ecology, 14: 3619-3621. pdf
WÜSTER , W., M.R. DUARTE & M.G. SALOMÃO (2005) Morphological correlates of
incipient arboreality and ornithophagy in island pitvipers, and the
phylogenetic position of Bothrops insularis. Journal of Zoology,
WÜSTER , W., A.J. DUMBRELL, C. HAY, C.E. POOK, D.J. WILLIAMS & B.G.FRY
(2005) Snakes across the Strait: Trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships
in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis,
Oxyuranus and Pseudechis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
34(1): 1-14. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (2005) Book Review: The Venomous Reptiles of the
WILLIAMS, D. &
WÜSTER , W. C.S.E. ALLUM, I.B. BJARGARDÓTTIR, K.L. BAILEY, K.J. DAWSON, J. GUENIOUI,
J. LEWIS, J. MCGURK, A.G. MOORE, M. NISKANEN & C.P. POLLARD (2004) Do
aposematism and Batesian mimicry require bright colours? A test, using European
viper markings. Proceedings of the Royal Society of
BROADLEY, D.G. & W. WÜSTER (2004) A review of the southern African
'non-spitting' cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja). African Journal of
Herpetology 53(2):101-122. pdf
FRY, B.G. & W. WÜSTER (2004) Assembling an arsenal: origin and evolution of
the snake venom proteome inferred from phylogenetic analysis of toxin
sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21(5): 870-883. pdf
FRY, B.G., N.G. LUMSDEN, W. WÜSTER , J.C. WICKRAMARATNA, W.C. HODGSON &
R.M. KINI (2003) Isolation of a neurotoxin (alpha-colubritoxin) from a ‘non-venomous’
colubrid: evidence for early origin of venom in snakes. Journal of Molecular
Evolution, 57(4): 446-452. pdf
FRY, B.G., W. WÜSTER , S.F.R. RAMJAN, T. JACKSON, P. MARTELLI & R.M.
KINI (2003) Analysis of Colubroidea snake venoms by liquid chromatography with
mass spectrometry: evolutionary and toxinological implications. Rapid
Communications in Mass Spectrometry 17: 2047-2062. pdf
FRY, B.G., W. WÜSTER , R.M. KINI, V. BRUSIC, A. KHAN, D. VENKATARAMAN &
A.P. ROONEY (2003). Molecular evolution and phylogeny of snake venom three
finger toxins. Journal of Molecular Evolution 57(1): 110-129. pdf
FREIRE L., A., F. GARCIA, W. WÜSTER & U. KUCH (2003) Geographic
distribution: Bothriopsis taeniata or Bothrops taeniatus (Speckled
forest-pitviper). Herpetological Review 34: 263. pdf
FRY, B.G., K.D. WINKEL, J.C. WICKRAMARATNA, W.C. HODGSON & W. WÜSTER (2003)
Effectiveness of snake antivenom: species and regional venom variation and its
clinical impact. Journal of Toxicology -Toxin Reviews 22: 23-34. pdf
WÜSTER , W. & D.G. BROADLEY (2003) A new species of spitting cobra from
northeastern
WÜSTER , W., M.G. SALOMÃO, J.A. QUIJADA-MASCAREÑAS, R.S. THORPE &
B.B.B.S.P. (2002) Origin and evolution of the South American pitviper fauna:
evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis. In Biology of the
Vipers (G.W. Schuett, M. Höggren, M.E. Douglas & H.W. Greene, eds.),
pp. 111-128.
WÜSTER , W., R.S. THORPE, M.G. SALOMÃO, L. THOMAS, G. PUORTO, R.D.G. THEAKSTON
& D.A. WARRELL (2002) Origin and phylogenetic position of the Lesser
Antillean species of Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae): biogeographical
and medical implications. Bulletin of the
DALTRY, J.C. & W. WÜSTER (2002) A new species of wolf snake (Serpentes:
Colubridae: Lycodon) from the
FRY, B.G., J.C. WICKRAMARATNA, W.C. HODGSON, P.F. ALEWOOD, R.M. KINI, H. HO
& W. WÜSTER (2002) Electrospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry
fingerprinting of Acanthophis (death adder) venoms: taxonomic and
toxinological implications. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 16:
600-608. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (2002) The cobras of genus Naja in
WÜSTER , W. (2002) The genus Daboia (Serpentes: Viperidae) -
Russell's viper. In Indian Poisonous Snakes (An Ecological and Clinical Study)
(B.D. Sharma, ed.). Anmol,
WÜSTER , W., J.L. YRAUSQUIN & A. MIJARES-URRUTIA (2001) A new species of
indigo snake from northwestern
PUORTO, G., M.G. SALOMÃO, R.D.G. THEAKSTON, R.S. THORPE, D.A. WARRELL & W.
WÜSTER (2001) Combining 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). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14(4): 527-538. pdf
WÜSTER , W., B. BUSH, J.S. KEOGH, M. O'SHEA & R. SHINE (2001) Taxonomic
contributions in the "amateur" literature: comments on recent
descriptions of new genera and species by Raymond Hoser. Litteratura
Serpentium, 21(3): 67-79, 86-91. pdf
POOK, C.E., W. WÜSTER & R.S. THORPE (2000) Historical biogeography of the
western rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus viridis), inferred
from mitochondrial DNA sequence information. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution, 15(2): 269-282. pdf
SLOWINSKI, J.B. & W. WÜSTER (2000) A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from
WÜSTER , W. (2000) Predence of names in wide use over disused synonyms or
homonyms in accordance with Article 23.9 of the Code. Reptilia, Serpentes (1) Trigonocephalus
caribbaeus Garman, 1887. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 57(1): 9. pdf
CHAN-ARD, T., B.L. STUART & W. WÜSTER (2000) First record of Indochinese
spitting cobra Naja siamensis Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae) from
WÜSTER , W., M.G. SALOMÃO, G.J. DUCKETT, R.S. THORPE & B.B.B.S.P. (1999)
Mitochondrial DNA evolution of the Bothrops atrox species complex
(Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Kaupia, 8: 135-144. pdf
SALOMÃO, M.G., W. WÜSTER , R.S. THORPE & B.B.B.S.P. (1999) MtDNA evolution
in Neotropical pitvipers of the genus Bothrops (Squamata: Serpentes:
Viperidae). Kaupia, 8: 127-134. pdf
LENK, P. & W. WÜSTER (1999) A multivariate approach to the systematics of
Italian rat snakes of the Elaphe longissima complex (Reptilia, Colubridae):
revalidation of Camerano's Callopeltis longissimus var. lineata.
Herpetological Journal 9: 153-162. pdf
WÜSTER , W., P. GOLAY & D.A. WARRELL (1999) Synopsis of recent developments
in venomous snake systematics, No. 3. Toxicon 37(8): 1123-1129. pdf
WÜSTER , W., J.C. DALTRY & R.S. THORPE (1999) Can diet explain
intraspecific venom variation? Reply to Sasa. Toxicon, 37: 253-258. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1999) Testing causal hypotheses for venom variation in snakes.
Toxicon, 37: 289.
SAINO, N., W. WÜSTER & R.S. THORPE (1998) Congruence between morphological
variation and altitudinal gradient across a hybrid zone between carrion and
hooded crows. Italian Journal of Zoology, 65: 407-412.
WÜSTER , W., P. GOLAY & D.A. WARRELL (1998) Synopsis of recent developments
in venomous snake systematics, No. 2. Toxicon, 36(2): 299-307. pdf
DALTRY, J.C., T. ROSS, R.S. THORPE & W. WÜSTER (1998) Evidence that
humidity influences snake activity patterns: a field study of the Malayan pit
viper Calloselasma rhodostoma. Ecography, 21(1): 25-34. pdf
DALTRY, J.C., W. WÜSTER & R.S. THORPE (1998) Intraspecific variation in the
feeding ecology of the crotaline snake Calloselasma rhodostoma in
WÜSTER , W. (1998) The cobras of the genus Naja in
WÜSTER , W. (1998) The genus Daboia (Serpentes: Viperidae): Russell's
viper. Hamadryad, 23(1): 33-40. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1998) Comment on the proposed conservation of the specific and
subspecific names of Trigonocephalus pulcher Peters, 1862 and Bothrops
albocarinatus Shreve, 1934 (Reptilia, Serpentes) by the designation of a
neotype for T. pulcher. (Case 2921; see BZN 54: 35-38). Bulletin of
Zoological Nomenclature, 55: 34-36. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1998) El aparato venenoso de las serpientes. Evolución de los
venenos. Pp. 27-34. In R. Otero P., R. Angel M. & M.E. García (Eds.),
Primer Simposio Colombiano de Toxinología. Editorial Ecográficas Limitada,
Medellín.
WÜSTER , W. (1998) Sistemática de las serpientes venenosas y variabilidad de
los venenos. Implicaciones en toxinología y la seroterapía. Pp. 121-125. In R.
Otero P., R. Angel M. & M.E. García (Eds.), Primer Simposio Colombiano de
Toxinología. Editorial Ecográficas Limitada, Medellín.
WÜSTER , W. (1998) Laien, Profis und Systematik: Bemerkungen zu GUMPRECHT, 1997
(Sauria 19: 9-30). Sauria (
WÜSTER , W. (1998) Book review: The Snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist
and key with natural history notes. Patrick David & Gernot Vogel.
Herpetological Review, 29: 64.
WÜSTER , W. (1998) The coolest snake: Vipera berus, the European adder.
Reptile & Amphibian Magazine, 55: 18-25. pdf
WÜSTER , W., D.A. WARRELL, M.J. COX, P. JINTAKUNE & J. NABHITABHATA (1997)
Redescription of Naja siamensis Laurenti, 1768 (Serpentes: Elapidae), a
widely overlooked spitting cobra from Southeast Asia: geographic variation,
medical importance and designation of a neotype. Journal of Zoology, 243:
771-788. pdf
WÜSTER , W., P. GOLAY & D.A. WARRELL (1997) Synopsis of recent developments
in venomous snake systematics. Toxicon, 35(3): 319-340. pdf
WÜSTER , W., M.G. SALOMÃO, R.S. THORPE, G. PUORTO, M. F. D. FURTADO, S. A.
HOGE, R. D. G. THEAKSTON & D. A. WARRELL (1997) Systematics of the Bothrops
atrox species complex: insights from multivariate analysis and
mitochondrial DNA sequence information. In R.S. Thorpe,
SALOMÃO, M.G., W. WÜSTER , R.S. THORPE & B.B.B.S.P. (1997) DNA evolution of
South American pitvipers of the genus Bothrops. In R.S. Thorpe,
DALTRY, J.C., W. WÜSTER & R.S. THORPE (1997) The role of ecology in determining
venom variation in the Malayan pit viper. In R.S. Thorpe,
BELT, P., D.A. WARRELL, A. MALHOTRA, W. WÜSTER & R.S. THORPE (1997)
Russell's viper in Indonesia: snakebite and systematics. In R.S. Thorpe,
WÜSTER , W. (1997) Jararaca! An introduction to Brazilian pitvipers of the
genus Bothrops. Reptile & Aphibian Magazine 51: 12-21. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1997) Book review: A Monograph of the Colubrid Snakes of the genus
Elaphe Fitzinger. Klaus-Dieter Schulz. Herpetological Journal, 7: 34-35.
WÜSTER , W. (1997) Book Review: Die Strumpfbandnattern: Biologie, Verbreitung,
Haltung. Frank Mutschmann. Herpetological Journal, 7(2): 83-84.
DALTRY, J.C., W. WÜSTER & R.S. THORPE (1996) Diet and snake venom
evolution. Nature, 379: 537-540. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1996) Taxonomic changes and toxinology: systematic revisions of
the Asiatic cobras (Naja naja species complex). Toxicon, 34(4): 399-406.
pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1996) The status of the cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti,
1768 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae) on the
WÜSTER , W. (1996). Systematics, venom variation and toxinology: bridging gaps
between evolutionary biology and biomedical science. Toxicon, 34(7): 733. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1996) Venomous snake systematics: implications for snakebite treatment
and toxinology. Toxicon, 34: 143. pdf
WÜSTER , W., R.S. THORPE, G. PUORTO & B.B.B.S.P. (1996) Systematics of the Bothrops
atrox complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) in Brasil: a multivariate
analysis. Herpetologica, 52: 263-271. pdf
DALTRY, J.C., G. PONNUDURAI, C.K. SHIN, N.-H. TAN, R.S. THORPE & W. WÜSTER
(1996) Electrophoretic profiles and biological activities: intraspecific
variation in the venom of the Malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma)
Toxicon, 34: 67-79. pdf
WÜSTER , W. & C.J. MCCARTHY (1996) Venomous snake systematics: implications
for snakebite treatment and toxinology. In C. Bon & M. Goyffon (Eds.),
Envenomings and their Treatments: 13-23. Fondation Mérieux, Lyon. pdf
MALHOTRA, A., R.S. THORPE, H. BLACK, J.C. DALTRY & W. WÜSTER (1996)
Relating geographic patterns to phylogenetic processes. In P.H. Harvey, A.J.
Leigh Brown, J. Maynard Smith & S. Nee (Eds.), New Uses for New
Phylogenies, pp. 187-202.
WÜSTER , W. & A.L. HARVEY (1996) Reviews of venomous snake systematics in
Toxicon. Toxicon, 34(4): 397-398. pdf
WÜSTER , W., R.S. THORPE, M.J. COX, P. JINTAKUNE & J. NABHITABHATA (1995)
Population systematics of the snake genus Naja (Reptilia: Serpentes:
Elapidae) in Indochina: multivariate morphometrics and comparative
mitochondrial DNA sequencing (cytochrome oxidase I). Journal of Evolutionary
Biology, 8: 493-510. pdf
THORPE, R.S., A. MALHOTRA, H. BLACK, J.C. DALTRY & W. WÜSTER (1995)
Relating geographic pattern to phylogenetic process. Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society of
THEAKSTON, R.D.G., G.D. LAING, C.M. FIELDING, A. FREIRE LASCANO, J.-M. TOUZET,
F. VALLEJO, R.H. GUDERIAN, S.J. NELSON, W. WÜSTER , A.M. RICHARDS, J. RUMBEA
GUZMÁN & D.A. WARRELL. (1995) Treatment of snake bites by Bothrops species
and Lachesis muta in Ecuador: laboratory screening of candidate
antivenoms. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
89: 550-554. pdf
THORPE, R.S., J. DALTRY, W. WÜSTER , A. MALHOTRA & N.L. THORPE (1995) The
biology of dangerous snakes - systematics and venom evolution. Toxicon 33(5):
589.
WÜSTER , W. & R.S. THORPE (1994) Naja siamensis, a cryptic species
of venomous snake revealed by mtDNA sequencing. Experientia, 50: 75-79. pdf
WÜSTER , W., S. PIERINI & G. PUORTO (1994) Geographic Distribution: Bothrops
moojeni. Herpetological Review, 25: 166. pdf
THORPE, R.S., R.P. BROWN, M. DAY, A. MALHOTRA, D.P. MCGREGOR & W. WÜSTER
(1994) Testing ecological and phylogenetic hypotheses in microevolutionary
studies: an overview. In P. Eggleton and R. Vane-Wright (Eds.): Phylogenetics
and Ecology: 189-206. Academic Press,
WÜSTER , W. (1993) Book Review. Venomous Reptiles of North America. Carl H.
Ernst. (1992). Herpetological Journal, 3(2): 76-77.
WÜSTER , W. & R.S. THORPE (1992) Dentitional phenomena in cobras revisited:
fang structure and spitting in the Asiatic species of Naja (Serpentes:
Elapidae). Herpetologica, 48(4): 424-434. pdf
WÜSTER , W. & R.S. THORPE (1992) Asiatic cobras: population systematics of
the Naja naja species complex (Serpentes: Elapidae) in India and Central
Asia. Herpetologica, 48(1): 69-85. pdf
WÜSTER , W. & M.J. COX (1992) Defensive hemipenis display in the Kukri
snake Oligodon cyclurus. Journal of Herpetology, 26(2): 238-241. pdf
WÜSTER , W., S. OTSUKA, R.S. THORPE & A. MALHOTRA (1992) Morphological
variation in Russell's viper in Burma and Thailand. Herpetological Journal, 2: 99-101.
pdf
WÜSTER , W., S. OTSUKA, A. MALHOTRA & R.S. THORPE (1992) Population
systematics of Russell's viper: a multivariate study. Biological Journal of the
Linnean Society, 47: 97-113. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1992) A century of confusion: Asiatic cobras revisited. The
Vivarium, 4: 14-18. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1992) Cobras and other herps in southeast Asia. British
Herpetological Society Bulletin, 39: 19-25.
WÜSTER , W. & R.S. THORPE (1991) Asiatic cobras: systematics and snakebite.
Experientia, 47: 205-209. pdf
THORPE, R.S., R.P. BROWN, A. MALHOTRA & W. WÜSTER (1991) Geographic variation
and population systematics: distinguishing between ecogenetics and
phylogenetics. Bolletino di Zoologia, 58:329-335. pdf
WÜSTER , W. (1991) Book Review. The Snakes of Thailand and Their Husbandry, by
Merel J. Cox. British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 36: 47-48.
WÜSTER , W. & R.S. THORPE (1990) Systematics and biogeography of the
Asiatic cobra (Naja naja) species complex in the Philippine Islands. In
G. Peters & R. Hutterer (Eds.), Vertebrates in the Tropics: 333-344. Museum
A. Koenig,
WÜSTER , W. & R.S. THORPE (1989) Population affinities of the Asiatic cobra
(Naja naja) species complex in south-east Asia: reliability and random
resampling. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 36: 391-409. pdf
WÜSTER , W. & R.S. THORPE (1987) Geographic variation in the cobras of the
genus Naja in southeast Asia: a multivariate analysis. In J.J. van
Gelder, H. Strijbosch & P.J.M. Bergers (Eds.): Proceedings of the 4th
Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica: 449-452.
Faculty of Sciences,
WÜSTER , W. (1986) Herpetological Research at British Universities: the
Department of Zoology,
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