Next-generation sequencing yields the complete mitogenome of the Shaw’s sea-snake (Squamata: Elapidae)

摘要

We report the complete mitogenome of Hydrophis curtus, which is 17,702 bp in size and includes 13 protein-coding (PCGs), two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two control regions. PCGs, with 13 genes, are 11,261 bp in length. All PCGs use as the start codon ATN except ND1 (CTA) and COX1 (GTG); ATP8, ATP6, ND4L, ND5, and Cytb use the typical stop codon TAA; but COX2 and ND4 with a single T-. Phylogeny recon-structed using the Bayesian inference (BI) method with 13 PCGs indicates that H. curtus at the root of Laticaudinae.