Complete mitochondrial genome of the Xianggelila Hot-spring snake, Thermophis shangrila (Reptilia, Colubridae)

Li-Fang Peng; Shi-Yang Weng; Dian-Cheng Yang; Chang-Hu Lu; Song Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1197072

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Xianggelila Hot-spring snake, Thermophis shangrila (Reptilia, Colubridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Jul 23;1(1):536-537. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1197072.

Authors

Li-Fang Peng^{1

2

3

4}, Shi-Yang Weng^{3

4}, Dian-Cheng Yang^{1

2

3}, Chang-Hu Lu^{1

2}, Song Huang³

Affiliations

¹ Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
² College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
³ College of Life and Environment Sciences, Huangshan University, Huangshan, China.
⁴ School of Sciences, Tibet University, Lahsa, China.

Abstract

The Xianggelila hot-spring snake, Thermophis shangrila (Reptilia, Colubridae), is a species of family Colubridae, which is seen only in Shangri-La, Northern Yunnan, China. Herein, the complete mitochondrial genome of this species has been reported. The total length of the genome was 17,327 bp, and composed of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and 2 control regions. The total base composition was 32.7% for A, 23.7% for T, 13.5% for G and 32.7% for C. The phylogenetic tree with 13 protein-coding genes of T. shangrila together with 12 other closely related species belonging to the family Colubridae was reconstructed.

Keywords: Mitogenome; Thremophis shangrila; phylogeny.