The complete mitochondrial genome of the toad-headed lizard, Phrynocephalus albolineatus (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae).

ABSTRACT

In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of Phrynocephalus albolineatus (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), which is a circular molecule of 16 808 bp in size and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and 2 non-coding sequence (D-loop). The mitogenome of P. albolineatus was similar to the typical mtDNA of vertebrates in gene arrangement and composition. The control region was comprised by two parts, one (992 bp) between tRNA-Phe and 12S rRNA, and the other (650 bp) between tRNA-Thr and tRNA-Pro. The A + T content of overall base of H-strand is 63.1% (T 26.7%, C 24.6%, A 36.4%, G 12.3%). The whole mitogenomic sequence of P. albolineatus provides powerful data to study the molecular systematic, population genetics and phylogeography of Squamata.