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Abstract
The Tiantai frog (Glandirana tientaiensis) is an endemic to China, which has been listed as an endangered species in IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In this study, the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of G. tientaiensis is determined. The circle genome is 17,681 bp and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 1 control region. Comparing with the typical mtDNA of species in the family Ranidae, no distinctive rearrangement of mtDNA genes was found. Yet a obvious feature on the use of codon were observed, that 8 of 13 protein-conding genes ended with a single stop nucleotide T except for COI, ATPase 8, ND4L, ND6 and Cyt b.
Declaration of interest
This research was funded by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20133424120001), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Fund (No. 1208085MC51). The Student Innovative Training Program Projects of National Off-Campus Practice and Education Base in Anhui Normal University. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.