Supporting data for "The genome assembly and annotation of the Oriental ratsnake Ptyas mucosa"

The Oriental ratsnake <i>Ptyas mucosa<em></em></i> is a common non-venomous snake of the colubrid family, with a wide geographic range spanning much of South and Southeast Asia. <i>P. mucosa</i> is widely cultivated due to its use in traditional medicine, scientific research, and handicrafts Therefore, genome resources could play an important role in the efficacy of traditional medicine and the analysis of the living environment of the species. We collected a snake sample in Hezhou, Guangxi, China, which was identified as <i>P. mucosa</i> by morphological identification. Here we present a highly continuous <i>P. mucosa</i> genome with a genome size of 1.74Gb. The scaffold N50 length is 9.57Mb and the maximal length of scaffold is 78.3Mb, the <i>P. mucosa</i> genome has a CG content of 37.9% and the integrity of the gene reached 86.6%. Assembled using long-reads, the total length of the repeat sequence in the genome reached 735 Mb, and its repeat content was as high as 42.19%. A total of 24,869 functional genes were annotated. This study will assist in the understanding of the <i>P. mucosa</i>, and also provide a basis for medicinal research.