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Animals that live in a swamp

If you're looking for about swamp animals, we will provide a list of the various animals that live in a swamp. List of the animals are:

1. American Alligator.

2. Snakes: Copperhead, Redbelly Water, Mystery marsh snake.

3. Frogs and Toads: Eastern Narrowmouth Frog, American Toad mating pair, Fowler's Toad, Northern Cricket Frog, Green Treefrog.

4. Birds: Green Heron, Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana), Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), Eastern Bluebird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptera caerulea), Red-winged Blackbird, Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors), Common Moorhen (Gallinula Chloropus), Tricolored Heron, American Coot (Fulica americana), Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea).

5. Butterflies & Skippers: Least Skippers, Pearl Crescent, Palatka Skipper (Euphyes pilatka), Dion Skipper (Euphyes dion), Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes), Viceroy (Limenitis archippus).

6. Beetles: Spotted Ladybug Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata), Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata), Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella bicolor), Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis), Margined Leather-wing (Chauliognathus marginatus).

7. True Bugs: Toad bug, Shore Bug (Saldula pallipes).

8. Flies: Maybe mosquito larvae, Adult mosquito, Adult mosquito with foot, Southern Bee Killer (Mallophora orcina), Marsh Fly (Limnia loewi?), Mating Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae family), Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta).

9. Dragonflies: Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami), Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella), Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea), Common Green Darner, Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum).

10. Damselflies: Citrine Forktail.

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Okavango Delta Swamp in Botswana

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Okavango Delta Swamp in Botswana

Okavango is special ecosystem of papyrus layered water ways, knee flood flatlands, shady forest glades, waters lily lagoons and unique savannah grass lands. All this fecundity lies in the middle stretch of sand and hold the largest in the world - the Kalahari Basin. Seen from space as an emerald swirl surrounded by a dry landscape, the Okavango Delta is an incredible source of life in the dry state 80%.