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Abstract
The Chinese leopard snake (Elaphe bimaculata) is an endemic species to China. The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial (mt) genome of E. bimaculata is determined in this study. The circle genome was 17,183 bp in length and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 2 duplicate control regions. Several peculiar features were observed in mitogenome of E. bimaculata, such as the translocation of tRNALeu(UUR) gene and an incomplete copy for tRNAPro.
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), Doctoral scientific research fund project of Anhui Normal University (No. 151304) and Fund of Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecological Safety in Anhui. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.