Fauna
Even during the dry season the floodplains sustain a great deal of wildlife including grazing African Buffalo, wildebeest, and elephants, zebras, and giraffes, with hippopotamus and crocodiles in the waters. There are many antelopes such as Waterbucks, Pukus, Elands, and Lechwe, the Bangwelu Swamp in particular being home to Black Lechwe (Kobus leche smithermani), Tsessebe, and Sitatunga while the Kafue Flats have large groups of Kafue Lechwe and Burchell's zebra.
The large numbers of birds, especially waterbirds, in the floodplains include Saddle-billed Storks. There are two endemic reptiles; the Merera Toad (Amietophrynus reesi) in the Kilombero valley, and the Barotse Water Snake (Crotaphopeltis barotseensis).
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