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 V. KRUTOVSKY
Other Authors: Институт фундаментальной биологии и биотехнологии, Базовая кафедра защиты и современных технологии мониторинга лесов
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Colubridae
Elaphe
mitogenome
phylogeny
Siberia
34.15.23
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/ah/issue/view/1523
http://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/129606
https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-23394
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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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