Complete mitochondrial genome of the Red Keelback (Pseudagkistrodon rudis Boulenger, 1906)

Yi-Nan Zhou; Chuan-Ying Zhang; Zheng-Hua Zhang; Jun-Jie Zhong; Guo-Hua Ding

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1923419

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Red Keelback (Pseudagkistrodon rudis Boulenger, 1906)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Sep 6;6(10):2830-2831. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1923419. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Yi-Nan Zhou¹, Chuan-Ying Zhang², Zheng-Hua Zhang³, Jun-Jie Zhong¹, Guo-Hua Ding¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Amphibian Diversity Investigation, College of Ecology, Lishui University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
² Development Center of Suichang Ecological Forestry, Suichang, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Biosafety, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

The Red Keelback (Pseudagkistrodon rudis Boulenger, 1906) is widely distributed in the southern of China. The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of P. rudis was determined for the first time by using next-generation sequencing. The size of assembled mitogenome for P. rudis was 19,150 bp, which included 13 protein coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs and two control regions (d-loop1 and d-loop2). The Bayesian tree showed that P. rudis and Rhabdophis tigrinus have a closed relationship. These results can provide data for phylogeny and molecular classification of the genus.

Keywords: Colubridae; Pseudagkistrodon rudis; mitogenome; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Public Welfare Technology Application Research Project of Lishui City [2020GYX06], Biodiversity Survey, Observation and Assessment Program of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, A Cooperative Project between Suichang Country and University [2020HZ17], and The Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training of Undergraduates [2020-S45].