Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
Short Note

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

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  • Evgeniy Simonov,
  • Artem Lisachov,
  • Natalia Oreshkova,
  • Konstantin Krutovsky
Evgeniy Simonov
Laboratory of Forest Genomics, Genome Research and Education Center, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia. Laboratory of Biodiversity Monitoring, Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
Artem Lisachov
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Natalia Oreshkova
Laboratory of Forest Genomics, Genome Research and Education Center, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Selection, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
Konstantin Krutovsky
Laboratory of Forest Genomics, Genome Research and Education Center, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia Department of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany Laboratory of Population Genetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2138, USA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-23394

Published 2018-12-31

How to Cite

Simonov, E., Lisachov, A., Oreshkova, N., & Krutovsky, K. (2018). The mitogenome of Elaphe bimaculata (Reptilia: Colubridae) has never been published: a case with the complete mitochondrial genome of E. dione. Acta Herpetologica, 13(2), 185–189. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-23394
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Abstract

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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