The complete mitochondrial genome of Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri (Squamata: Colubridae: Pseudoxenodontinae) and its phylogeny

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome sequence of Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri (Squamata: Colubridae: Pseudoxenodontinae) from Taishun County, Zhejiang Province, China, which is 18,475 bp in length and contains 25 tRNAs (including extra two tRNA-Tyr genes and extra one tRNA-Met gene), two rRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes and two identical control regions. The overall AT content of the mitogenome is 59.6% (A = 32.6%, T = 27%, C = 27%, G = 13.4%). In BI and ML phylogenetic analyses, the monophyly of the family Colubridae was well supported and P. stejnegeri was a basal clade of Colubridae.

Keywords:

• Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri
• Pseudoxenodontinae
• mitogenome
• phylogenetic relationship

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 [MW018358].

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Funding

This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [31801977].