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Amphibians: In the 1998 country wide study on biodiversity, there were 67 species of amphibians recorded as occurring in Zambia. Ten species from this list are excluded from this study list based on current herpetological knowledge. An additional 28 species have been included in the country species list of amphibians with this study.
Reptiles: The 1998 country wide study on biodiversity recorded 150 species of reptiles. Twenty four species from the old list have been excluded from the country list based on the current herpetological knowledge. Of the 24 excluded species, 21 species have no confirmed occurrence records in Zambia whereas 3 species were synonyms of species already included in the country list. An additional 67 species of reptiles have been included in the country species list.
Birds: The 1998 country study on biodiversity recorded 733 species of birds as occurring in Zambia. From this list, 37 species have been excluded from the current list based on the current ornithological knowledge. An additional 64 species were added to the current species list.
Mammals: In the 1998 country wide study on biodiversity, 224 species of mammals were recorded as occurring in the country. From this list, 16 species have been excluded from the current list based on the current knowledge on mammalian biosystematics. An additional 35 species have been included in the current country species list.rn
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