The complete mitochondrial genome of Chinese glass lizard Ophisaurus harti (Squamata: Anguidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome of Ophisaurus harti is a circular molecule of 17,163 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs and a control region. The A + T content of the overall base composition of H-strand is 54.9% (T: 23.4%; C: 30.8%; A: 31.5%; G: 14.3%). COI gene begins with GTG as start codon, while other 12 protein-coding genes start with a typical ATG initiation codon. ND1. COI. ATP8. ATP6. ND4L and ND5 genes are terminated with TAA as stop codon, ND2. ND6 and Cyt b end with TAG, COIII ends with TA, COII and ND3 end with T and ND4 ends with TG.