The mitogenome of Elaphe bimaculata (Reptilia: Colubridae) has never been published: a case with the complete mitochondrial genome of E. dione

The steppes ratsnake, Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773), is widely distributed across Eurasia, but the systematics and phylogeography of this species remain poorly studied. Sequencing of the full mitochondrial genome of this species provides a reference for its further study. Here, we report the full mito...

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Main Authors: Evgeniy Simonov, Artem Lisachov, Natalia Oreshkova, Konstantin Krutovsky
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2018
Subjects:
Zoology
QL1-991
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-23394
https://doaj.org/article/b417930b6ca14aabb639c3d6222aba82
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Summary:The steppes ratsnake, Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773), is widely distributed across Eurasia, but the systematics and phylogeography of this species remain poorly studied. Sequencing of the full mitochondrial genome of this species provides a reference for its further study. Here, we report the full mitochondrial genome of an E. dione specimen from Krasnoyarsk Krai (East Siberia, Russia). We found that it is highly similar to the previously reported mitochondrial genome of the sister species, E. bimaculata. Both species misidentification by the authors of E. bimaculata mitogenome and the introgressive hybridization between these taxa can possibly explain this observation.

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