Our Work

Wild capture and identification of Snakes

Elapids

Naja Melanoleuca
Naja Melanoleuca
This specimen was captured in samaru Zaria
Dendroaspis angusticep
Dendroaspis angusticep
Naja nigricollis
Naja nigricollis
Black spitting Cobra. Captured in Zaria
Naja haje
Naja haje
Egyptian cobra back view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja mossambica
Naja mossambica
Mozambican spitting cobra captured from zaria
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen
Naja haje front view. Zaria specimen

Vipers

Echis coloratus
Echis coloratus
Echis coloratus specimen from kaltungo

Wild Capture and Identification of Scorpions

Venom Collection and purification

Facility for Keeping and Rearing Snakes

Research Projects

  • The production and commercialization of snake venom and other products derived from some Nigerian snakes.
  • The study of molecular biology of venom and venom components
  • Production of mono-valent and Poly-valent anti-venom against Nigerian and West African snakes

Publications

Fatima Amin Adamude , Emeka John Dingwoke, Mujitaba Suleiman Abubakar, Sani Ibrahim, Gadija Mohamed, Ashwil Klein, Abdullahi Balarabe Sallau, 2021. Proteomic analysis of three medically important Nigerian Naja (Naja haje, Naja katiensis and Naja nigricollis) snake venoms, Toxicon 197 24–32

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Emeka John Dingwoke, Faima Amin Adamude, Gadija Mohamed, Ashwil Klein, Aliyu Salihu, Mujitaba Suleiman Abubakar, Abdullahi Balarabe Sallau. 2021. Venom proteomic analysis of medically important Nigerian viper Echis ocellatus and Bitis arietans snake species. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 28, 1011

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Fatima Amin Adamude, Emeka John Dingwoke, Mujitaba Suleiman Abubakar Gadija Mohamed, Ashwil Klein, Abdullahi Balarabe Sallau, 2023: Comparative venom toxin analyses of Nigerian viperidae and elapidae snakes. Scientific African 20 (2023) e01622

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Abdulmumin Z. Abubakar, Abdulrahman Adamu, Umar F. Shehu, Zainab Mohammed, Garba Ibrahim, Mujtaba S. Abubakar, 2020. Phospholipase A 2 from Naja nigricollis and Inhibitory Activity of Extracts from Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl. (Burseraceae). Trop J Nat Prod Res, 4(7):286-291

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