Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the high altitude Brazilian treefrog Pithecopus megacephalus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae)

Abstract

The first complete mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) for the family Phyllomedusidae (genus Pithecopus) is presented. It is a circular molecule with 17713 pb including 13 protein coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and a control region (D-loop). Pithecopus megacephalus was close to the only other phyllomedusid whose complete mtDNA sequence is available, but had the cytb gene 147 pb smaller.

Keywords

• mitochondrion
• mtdna
• next-generation sequencing
• neobatrachia
• treefrog