Mitochondrial genome of Protobothrops cornutus (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae)

Abstract

Protobothrops cornutus is the endangered snake which is distributed narrowly in southern China and other adjacent countries of Asia. We determined the complete mitochondrial genome of P. cornutus (HB-pc20090810). The circle genome with the 17,219 bp total length contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 2 control regions. Overall base composition of the complete mtDNA was 33.18% A, 24.80% T, 29.43% C and 12.58% G. All the genes in P. cornutus were distributed on the H-strand, except for the ND6 subunit gene and eight tRNA genes which were encoded on the L-strand.

• Genome
• mitochondrion
• Protobothrops cornutus

Acknowledgements

We thank Baojuan Yang for helpful corrections and comments regarding this manuscript.

Declaration of interest

This project was funded by the Foundation for Young and Key Teachers, and the Talent Cultivation Project of Anhui University (02203104/04), Graduate Student Academic Innovation Research Project of Anhui University (01001770/10117700139). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.