Mitochondrial genome of the Common burrowing snake Achalinus spinalis (Reptilia: Xenodermatidae)

Lifang Peng; Diancheng Yang; Shuangquan Duan; Song Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1365643

Mitochondrial genome of the Common burrowing snake Achalinus spinalis (Reptilia: Xenodermatidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Aug 22;2(2):571-572. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1365643.

Authors

Lifang Peng^{1

2}, Diancheng Yang², Shuangquan Duan¹, Song Huang²

Affiliations

¹ School of Sciences, Tibet University, Lhasa, China.
² College of Life and Environment Sciences, Huangshan University, Huangshan, China.

Abstract

Common burrowing snake Achalinus spinalis is the type species of Achalinus. The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of A. spinalis was determined by using a PCR-based method. The total length of mitogenome is 17,165 bp and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 ribosome RNA genes and 2 control regions (CR). All the protein-coding genes in A. spinalis were distributed on the H-strand, except for the ND6 subunit gene and eight tRNA genes which were encoded on the L-strand. The phylogenetic tree of A. spinalis and 12 other closely species was built. The DNA data presented here will be useful to study the evolutionary relationships and genetic diversity of A. spinalis.

Keywords: Achalinus spinalis; Xenodermatidae; mitochondrial genome.