The complete mitochondrial genome of the Xizang hot-spring snake, Thermophis baileyi Wall, 1907 (Reptilia, colubridae)

Shi-Yang Weng; Li-Fang Peng; Miao He; Shuang-Quan Duan; Song Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1225522

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Xizang hot-spring snake, Thermophis baileyi Wall, 1907 (Reptilia, colubridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Dec 9;1(1):921-922. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1225522.

Authors

Shi-Yang Weng^{1

2}, Li-Fang Peng^{1

2

3

4}, Miao He⁵, Shuang-Quan Duan¹, Song Huang²

Affiliations

¹ School of Sciences, Tibet University, Lahsa, China.
² College of Life and Environment Sciences, Huangshan University, Huangshan, China.
³ Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
⁴ College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
⁵ Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China.

Abstract

The Xizang hot-spring snake, Thermophis baileyi (Reptilia, Colubridae), is a relict species of the family Colubridae, which is known only from Tibet, China. In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of this species. The total length of the genome is 17,385 bp, and comprises 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 2 control regions. The total base composition is 32.5% for A, 23.8% for T, 13.5% for G, and 30.2% for C. The phylogenetic tree with 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) of T. baileyi together with 12 other closely related species belonging to the family Colubridae was built, in order to prove the validity of the mitogenome of T. baileyi.

Keywords: Mitogenome; Thremophis baileyi; colubridae; phylogeny.