Complete mitochondrial genome of Rhabdophis guangdongensis (Squamata: Colubridae)

AbstractThe complete mitochondrial genome of Rhabdophis guangdongensis is 17,785 bp in length, with a base composition of 38.7% A, 15.9% G, 23.5% C, and 21.9% T. It contains 2 ribosomal RNA(rRNA), 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA), and 2 control regions, similar to that of other (Colubridae). Twelve concatenated heavy-strand encoded protein-coding genes were used for Bayesian method to construct phylogenetic tree, R. guangdongensis forms a monophyletic group with Rhabdophis tigrinus. This is the first report for the complete mitochondrial genome of R. guangdongensis and it provides the basic data for the taxonomic and phylogenetic of snakes.