Alternative scaffolds for de novo whole genome sequencing of the mainland tiger snake, Notechis scutatus.

The mainland tiger snake, Notechis scutatus, is a venomous snake species found in Australia. We have performed whole genome sequencing and de novo assembly of the mainland tiger snake, using 10x Chromium linked reads. Supernova v2 assembly of the data generated a 1.67 Gb draft genome with a maximum scaffold size of 50.9 Mb, primary scaffold N50 of 6.00 Mb (4.84% gaps) and a primary scaffold BUSCO (v2.0.1 short) completeness estimate of 87.3%. Pseudodiploid processing of the assembly generated non-redundant alternative scaffolds for 1.26 Gb (75.6%) of the assembly, with an N50 of 8.50 Mb (5.20% gaps).