The complete mitochondrial genome of the Asian pitviper Gloydius changdaoensis (Squamata, Viperidae)

Abstract

Asian pitviper Gloydius changdaoensis is a coastal species, distributed in Shandong province, China. In this study, we successfully sequenced the mitochondrial genome of one individual of G. changdaoensis. The complete mitochondrial genome is circular molecular with 17,224 bp, containing an origin of light-strand replication (OL), two non-coding control regions (CRs), and 37 classical genes of vertebrate, which contain 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes. A Bayesian phylogenetic tree using the complete mitochondrial genomes of all viper species available showed a consistent result with previous studies.

Keywords:

• Mitochondrial genome
• phylogenetic
• pitviper
• snake
• topotype

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in “NCBI” at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, reference number MT731652.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant No. 31672270 to WYY], Special Fund for Youth Scholars on Taxonomy, the Chinese Academy of Sciences [Grant No. ZSBR-014 to CB], Sichuan Science and Technology Plan Project [Grant No. 2019JDKP0016 to WYY], and Scientific Research Foundation of Yibin University [Grant No. 2019JDKP0016 to WYY].