Litoria spaldingi

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Litoria spaldingi
Litoria spaldingi, Jabiru NT 0886, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 318413241.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. spaldingi
Binomial name
Litoria spaldingi
(Hosmer, 1964)
Synonyms [2]
  • Hyla spaldingi Hosmer, 1964
  • Litoria spaldingi – Wells and Wellington, 1985

Litoria spaldingi, the northern creek frog, is a frog endemic to Australia. It has been found in the Northern Territory and in the western Queensland. [2] [3]

The species was originally considered a synonym of the Watjulum frog (Litoria watjulumensis) but was resurrected as a species in 2021. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Litoria spaldingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T197794385A197794444. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Litoria spaldingii (Hosmer, 1964)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  3. "Litoria spaldingi: Northern Creek Frog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  4. Donnellan, Stephen C.; Catalano, Sarah R.; Pederson, Stephen; Mitchell, Kieren J.; Suhendran, Aidan; Price, Luke C.; Doughty, Paul; Richards, Stephen J. (2021-02-19). "Revision of the Litoria watjulumensis (Anura: Pelodryadidae) group from the Australian monsoonal tropics, including the resurrection of L. spaldingi". Zootaxa. 4933 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.3. ISSN   1175-5334.