Complete mitochondrial genome of Sinovipera sichuanensis (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae)

Abstract

Sinovipera sichuanensis is one of the Asian green pit vipers with less concern. It is endemic to China and only known in Hejiang, Sichuan Province and Jiangkou, Guizhou Province. In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome and characterize each partition. The complete mitochondrial genome is 17 225 bp in length containing 2 rRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes, 2 control regions and 22 tRNAs. We use Bayesian Inference (BI) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) methods to infer the phylogenetic relationship of S. sichuanensis. Both BI and ML analyses strongly support that S. sichuanensis is independent from the other two Asian green pit vipers.

• Mitochondrial genome
• pit viper
• Sinovipera sichuanensis, venomous snake

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr. BW Zhang (Anhui University) for providing with primer sequences which were designed for Trimeresurus albolabris.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and complete this article.

This project was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC31372152) and the Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department (13TD0027) to PG.