Table 3:

Comparison of genome assembly and gene number for 15 reptiles with published genomes

Species	Common name	Sequencing platform	Sequence coverage (×)	Assembled genome size (Gb)	Contig N50 (kb)	Scaffold N50 (kb)	Gap ratio (%)	Gene number	Reference
Alligator mississippiensis	American alligator	NGS	156.0	2.17	7.0	509	2.09	23 323	[40]
Alligator sinensis	Chinese alligator	NGS	109.0	2.30	23.4	2188	3.17	22 200	[41]
Anolis carolinensis	Green anole lizard	Sanger	6.0	1.78	79.9	4033	4.49	17 472	[42]
Chrysemys picta bellii	Western painted turtle	Sanger + NGS	18.0	2.59	11.9	5212	7.64	21 796	[43]
Chelonia mydas	Green sea turtle	NGS	82.3	2.24	20.4	3778	4.33	19 633	[44]
Crocodylus porosus	Saltwater crocodile	NGS	74.0	2.12	32.8	205	5.30	13 321	[40]
Deinagkistrodon acutus	Five-pacer viper	NGS	114.2	1.47	22.4	2122	5.29	21 194	[45]
Eublepharis macularius	Leopard gecko	NGS	135.8	2.02	20.0	664	1.76	24 755	[26]
Gavialis gangeticus	Indian gharial	NGS	81.0	2.88	14.2	127	2.22	14 043	[40]
Gekko japonicus	Japanese gecko	NGS	131.3	2.55	21.1	685	3.54	22 487	[46]
Ophiophagus hannah	King cobra	NGS	28.0	1.66	4.0	226	13.5	18 579	[19]
Pelodiscus sinensis	Soft-shell turtle	NGS	105.6	2.21	21.9	3331	4.35	23 649	[44]
Pogona vitticeps	Australian dragon lizard	NGS	179.1	1.82	31.3	2290	3.78	19 406	[20]
Python molurus bivittatus	Burmese python	NGS	20.0	1.44	10.7	208	3.52	25 385	[18]
Shinisaurus crocodilurus	Chinese crocodile lizard	NGS	149	2.24	11.7	1470	7.98	20 150