Table 1.
Snake genome projects published or in progress.
| Trivial Name | Scientific Name | Family | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prong-snouted blind snake | Anilios bituberculatus | Typhlopidae | F.J. Vonk et al., in progress |
| Texas blind snake | Rena dulcis | Leptotyphlopidae | T.A. Castoe et al., in progress |
| Boa constrictor | Boa constrictor | Boidae | Ref. [13]; GenB: PRJNA210004 |
| Boa constrictor | Boa constrictor | Boidae | Ref. [14] |
| Burmese python | Python bivittatus | Pythonidae | Published [2]; GenB: AEQU00000000 |
| Garter snake | Thamnophis sirtalis | Colubridae | GenB: LFLD00000000 |
| Thamnophis elegans | Colubridae | Ref. [13]; GenB: PRJNA210004 | |
| Corn snake | Pantherophis guttatus | Colubridae | Ref. [15]; GenB: JTLQ01000000 |
| Corn snake | Pantherophis guttatus | Colubridae | Targeted sequencing: 5′ hox genes [16] |
| King cobra | Ophiophagus hannah | Elapidae | Published [3]; GenB: AZIM00000000 |
| Malayan pit viper | Calloselasma rhodostoma | Viperidae | F.J. Vonk et al., in progress |
| Five-pacer viper | Deinagkistrodon acutus | Viperidae | Ref. [17] |
| European adder | Vipera berus berus | Viperidae | Baylor College of Medicine, Human Genome Sequencing Center; GenB: JTGP00000000 |
| Habu | Protobothrops flavoviridis | Viperidae | H. Shibata et al., in progress |
| Brown spotted pit viper | Protobothrops mucrosquamatus | Viperidae | A.S. Mikheyev et al., in progress; GenB: PRJDB4386 |
| Prairie rattlesnake | Crotalus viridis viridis | Viperidae | T.A. Castoe et al., in progress |
| Western diamond-backed rattlesnake | Crotalus atrox | Viperidae | Ref. [5] |
| Timber rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus | Viperidae | GenB: LVCR00000000.1 |
| Speckled rattlesnake | Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus | Viperidae | Ref. [18]; GenB: JPMF01000000 |
| Western Diamondback rattlesnake, Mojave rattlesnake and Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake | Crotalus atrox, C. scutulatus, and C. adamanteus | Viperidae | Targeted sequencing of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones containing phospholipase A2 genes. |
| Pygmy rattlesnake | Sistrurus miliarius | Viperidae | Ref. [13]; GenB: PRJNA210004 |
| Temple pit viper | Tropidolaemus wagleri | Viperidae | R.M. Kini et al., in progress |
This list is not necessarily exhaustive. Abbreviation: GenB, GenBank accession number. Taxonomy according to the Pubmed Taxonomy database [19].