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    Spotted Turtle

    The spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) is a small freshwater turtle native to Eastern North America. It is named for the bright yellow or yellow-orange spots on its shell, head and limbs. Its Canadian range is restricted to Southern and Central Ontario, where it is found in shallow wetland habitats such as swamps, marshes, fens and bogs. The spotted turtle is endangered, both in Canada and globally.

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    Spring Peeper

    The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small tree frog native to the forests of Eastern North America. Within Canada, the spring peeper can be found from Manitoba to the Atlantic provinces, excluding Newfoundland. (See also Frog Species in Canada.) In the spring, male spring peepers come together in groups around temporary breeding ponds to call out in a series of loud, high-pitched peeps meant to attract females. This sound is one of the earliest frog calls heard in the spring.

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    Squid

    Squid are decapods ("10-footed") molluscs of class Cephalopoda. Squid are usually of the order Teuthoidea).

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    Squirrel

     Squirrel, common name for family (Sciuridae) of rodents, comprising 262 species, found in North and South America, Eurasia and Africa.

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    Starfish

    Starfish, or sea star, is a common marine animal found from seashore to ocean depths; 1600 species are known worldwide.

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    Starling

    Starling is the common name for an Old World family (Sturnidae) of birds, comprising 114 principally tropical species. 

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    Stickleback

    Stickleback, of the fish family Gasterosteidae, occur in freshwater lakes and streams and in marine waters along northern coastlines of the northern hemisphere.

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    Stonefly

    Stonefly is the common name for small to medium-sized, usually brown, aquatic insects of order Plecoptera.

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    Storm-petrel

    The storm-petrel (order Procellariiformes, family Hydrobatidae) is a small seabird (14-25 cm long).

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    Sturgeon

    The sturgeon is a large, primitive, bony fish of class Actinopterygii, family Acipenseridae. The 4 genera and 24 species live in fresh and coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere.

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    Sucker

    Sucker, freshwater fishes of the family Catostomidae, and closely related to minnows. 

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    Swallow

    The swallow (Hirundinidae) is a small family of birds including about 87 species worldwide, of which 7 breed in Canada.

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    Swan

    The swan is a large waterfowl with an elongated neck and narrow patch of naked skin in front of the eye.

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    Swift

    Swift is a common name for about 100 species of birds in 2 closely related families (Apodidae, Hemiprocnidae).

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    Tanager

    The tanager (Thraupidae) is a family of small songbirds, possibly comprising as many as 413 species. 

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