The complete mitochondrial genome of an Asian warty newt, Paramesotriton aurantius (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Jun-Jie Zhong; Zheng-Hua Zhang; Ying-Mao Zheng; Yu-Xi Zhang; Guo-Hua Ding; Zhi-Hua Lin

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1870892

The complete mitochondrial genome of an Asian warty newt, Paramesotriton aurantius (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 9;6(2):428-429. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1870892.

Authors

Jun-Jie Zhong¹, Zheng-Hua Zhang², Ying-Mao Zheng³, Yu-Xi Zhang¹, Guo-Hua Ding¹, Zhi-Hua Lin¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Amphibian Diversity Investigation, College of Ecology, Lishui University, Zhejiang, China.
² Key laboratory of Biosafety, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing, China.
³ Administration Center of Jiulongshan National Nature Reserve, Zhejiang, China.

Abstract

Paramesotriton aurantius (Caudata: Salamandridae) is a new species that found in southeastern China. Its complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence was 16,313 bp in length with with A + T contents of 60.9%, and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, one control region (D-loop), and one non-coding region. Our molecular tree showed that P. aurantius was positioned near P. hongkongensis, and formed a clade with other Paramesotriton species. The first complete mitogenome sequence of P. aurantius could provided fundamental data for resolving phylogenetic and genetic problems related to genus Paramesotriton.

Keywords: Paramesotriton aurantius; mitochondrial genome; molecular tree; next-generation sequencing.

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; The Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training of Undergraduates [2020-S45].