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Clue
Animal
Venomous snake
Cobra
Black and white striped African mammal
Zebra
Large dog breed with the name of a Canadian region
Labrador
Huge group (subphylum) of animals with backbones
Vertebrate
Insect whose name means: one from a certain country who jumps through the woodland on one leg
Brazilian treehopper
Chaffinch-like bird with a name based on a word for briars/thorny plants
Brambling
Large hen; begins with the start of the name of a river of India
Brahma chicken
Sea slug; the name sounds like a naked bough of a tree
Nudibranch
Primate named after the brother of the man who founded the capital of Congo
De Brazza's monkey
Fast-sounding bird; this species is named after a naturalist with the same surname as the Manic Street Preachers' singer
Bradfield's swift
Huge, slow-moving reptile bearing the name of a Seychelles island; starts with the same three letters as a German supermarket chain
Aldabra giant tortoise
Dog breed whose main name, a French term, has just one syllable
Braque du Bourbonnais
Huge dinosaur
Brachiosaurus
Bird in the foliage-gleaner family, whose name can be derived by assembling the following clues: "Walking stick", "Car pedal", "Earth" and "Climbing plant"