College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Liangyu Cui
College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Zhangwen Deng
Guangxi Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, Nanning 530011, China
Yue Ma
College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Diancheng Yang
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan 245000, China
Yanan Gong
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan 245000, China
Yanchun Xu
College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Tianming Lan
BGI Life Science Joint Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
Shuhui Yang
College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan 245000, China
Snakes are a vital component of wildlife resources and are widely distributed across the globe. The many-banded krait Bungarus multicinctus is a highly venomous snake found across Southern Asia and central and southern China. Snakes are an ancient reptile group, and their genomes can provide important clues for understanding the evolutionary history of reptiles. Additionally, genomic resources play a crucial role in comprehending the evolution of all species. However, snake genomic resources are still scarce. Here, we present a highly contiguous genome of B. multicinctus with a size of 1.51 Gb. The genome contains a repeat content of 40.15%, with a total length exceeding 620 Mb. Additionally, we annotated a total of 24,869 functional genes. This research is of great significance for comprehending the evolution of B. multicinctus and provides genomic information on the genes involved in venom gland functions.
