Litoria spaldingi

Litoria spaldingi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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]}

Original publication

• Hosmer, W. (1964). "A new frog of the genus Hyla, from Northern Territory, Australia". American Museum Novitates. 2182: 1–7.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Litoria spaldingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T197794385A197794444. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
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.