As noted by Abigail Brown, assistant producer: "We filmed the gliding tree frog sequence from the Planet Earth III Freshwater episode in the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica." [1] [Link 1]
2
Mugger crocodile
Crocodylus palustris
VU
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
2
Chital
Axis axis
LC
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
3
African jacana
Actophilornis africanus
LC
Chobe River, Namibia
3
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
LC
Chobe River, Namibia
4
Cape wild dog
Lycaon pictus pictus
EN
Okavango Delta, Botswana
As noted by Charlotte Bostock, producer and director of the episode: "I was lucky enough to spend five weeks there filming the wild dog hunt for the Planet Earth III Freshwater episode and had the most incredible wildlife encounters." [1] [Link 1]
4
Red lechwe
Kobus leche leche
NT
Okavango Delta, Botswana
5
Livingston's cichlid
Nimbochromis livingstonii
LC
Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi, Malawi
As noted by camera operator, Sam Lewis: "Monkey Bay is located right on the shoreline of Lake Malawi and is a great access point for seeing the incredible Cichlid species that have evolved there and their unique behaviours. This is where we filmed the 'play dead' Cichlid sequence for the Planet Earth III Freshwater episode." [1] [Link 1]