Supplementary file 1 from: Moliner Cachazo L, Makati K, Chadwick MA, Catford JA, Price BW, Mackay AW, Guiry MD, Murray-Hudson M, Murray-Hudson F (2023) A review of the freshwater diversity in the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (Botswana): taxonomic composition, ecology, comparison with similar systems and conservation status. Aquatic Sciences

Dataset with 2,204 freshwater species from the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (Botswana), with additional 355 species found in other areas of Botswana that are likely to be present in the study region. The dataset covers the following groups: amphibians, birds, fishes, macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, mammals, reptiles, phytoplankton, and zooplankton. The following information is given for each species: status in the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (present/potentially present); conservation status globally, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, species name, cited synonyms, common name, habitat, presence in high water, presence in low water, ecology, distribution in continental Africa, confirmed locations in the Okavango Delta, site coordinates, references, notes.