Background Geckos are among the most species-rich reptile groups and the sister clade to
all other lizards and snakes. Geckos possess a suite of distinctive characteristics, including …

Background Transition from a lizard-like to a snake-like body form is one of the most
important transformations in reptilian evolution. The increasing number of sequenced …

Genomic resources across squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) have lagged behind
other vertebrate systems and high-quality reference genomes remain scarce. Of the 23 …

Background The golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an endangered
colobine species endemic to China, which has several distinct traits including a unique …

Background The lizards of the family Agamidae are one of the most prominent elements of
the Australian reptile fauna. Here, we present a genomic resource built on the basis of a wild …

Abstract Background The barred knifejaw (Oplegnathus fasciatus), a member of the
Oplegnathidae family of the Centrarchiformes, is a commercially important rocky reef fish …

Squamate reptiles exhibit high variation in their phenotypic traits and geographical
distributions and are therefore fascinating taxa for evolutionary and ecological research …

Abstract Background The Northern snakehead (Channa argus), a member of the Channidae
family of the Perciformes, is an economically important freshwater fish native to East Asia. In …

Abstract The Chinese crocodile lizard, Shinisaurus crocodilurus, is the only living
representative of the monotypic family Shinisauridae under the order Squamata. It is an …

Background Reptiles are a species-rich group with great phenotypic and life history diversity
but are highly underrepresented among the vertebrate species with sequenced genomes …