Abstract
Dinodon rufozonatum is a species of nocturnal snake in the family Colubridae, which is native to East Asia. In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of D. rufozonatum. The results showed that the total length of the mitogenome was 17,188 bp and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 2 control regions and 1 stem-loop region. Overall base composition of the complete mitochondrial DNA was A (34.37%), G (12.61%), C (28.24%), and T (24.78%), so the percentage of A and T (59.15%) was slightly higher than G and C. All the genes in D. rufozonatum were distributed on the H-strand, except for the ND6 subunit gene and ten transfer RNA genes which were encoded on the L-strand.
Acknowledgements
We sincerely thank Ling Ding, Mei Ding, Zhaojie Peng, Baojuan Yang, Tao Song, Liangheng Yan and Zhonglou Sun for their help in this study.
Declaration of interest
The authors are solely responsible for the content of this paper. The authors report no conflict 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).