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We present genome assemblies for 18 snake species representing 18 families (Serpentes: Caenophidia): Acrochordus granulatus , Aparallactus werneri , Boaedon fuliginosus , Calamaria suluensis , Cerberus rynchops , Grayia smithii , Imantodes cenchoa , Mimophis mahfalensis , Oxyrhabdium leporinum , Pareas carinatus , Psammodynastes pulverulentus , Pseudoxenodon macrops , Pseudoxyrhopus heterurus , Sibynophis collaris , Stegonotus admiraltiensis , Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis , Trimeresurus albolabris , and Tropidonophis doriae. From these new genome assemblies, we extracted thousands of loci commonly used in systematic and phylogenomic studies on snakes, including target-capture datasets composed of ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and anchored hybrid enriched loci (AHEs), as well as traditional Sanger loci. Phylogenies inferred from the two target-capture loci datasets were identical with each other and strongly congruent with previously published snake phylogenies. To show the additional utility of these non-model genomes for investigative evolutionary research, we mined the genome assemblies of two New Guinea island endemics in our dataset (S. admiraltiensis and T. doriae) for the ATP1a3 gene, a thoroughly researched indicator of resistance to toad toxin ingestion by squamates. We find that both these snakes possess the genotype for toad toxin resistance despite their endemism to New Guinea, a region absent of any toads until the human-mediated introduction of Cane Toads in the 1930s. These species possess identical substitutions that suggest the same bufotoxin resistance as their Australian congenerics (Stegonotus australis and Tropidonophis mairii) which forage on invasive Cane Toads. Herein, we show the utility of short-read high-coverage genomes, as well as improving the deficit of available squamate genomes with associated voucher specimens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present the complete genome sequences of 118 taxonomically diverse eukaryotes from the Salish Sea. Illumina sequencing was performed on genetic material from wild-collected individuals. The reads were assembled using a de novo method followed by a finishing step. The raw and assembled data are publicly available via Genbank.

We present the whole genome sequence of Ceratonia siliqua L. Illumina paired-end reads were assembled by a de novo method followed by a finishing step. The raw and assembled data are publicly available via GenBank: Sequence Read Archive (SRR24502586) and assembled genome (JASKGM000000000)., Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare they have no conflicts of interests.