Complete mitochondrial genome of the Italian slow-worm Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818, and its comparison with mitogenomes of other Anguis species

AbstractIn this paper, we present complete mitochondrial genome of the Italian legless lizard species Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818. The complete mtDNA consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, and two rRNA genes which in total formed a DNA strand of 17,322 bp. Anguis veronensis mitogenome had the same gene order as two other compared Anguis spp., i.e. A. cephallonica and A. fragilis. The base composition of A. veronensis mitochondrial genome was A – 30.8%, T – 24.9%, C – 29.9%, G – 14.4%, with an A + T bias (55.7%). The newly described genome provides valuable data for future comparative mitogenomic analysis within Anguis genus.