Northern creek frog
| Northern creek frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. spaldingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Litoria spaldingi (Hosmer, 1964) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The northern creek frog (Litoria spaldingi) is a tree 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 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Litoria spaldingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T197794385A197794444. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
- 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 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Litoria spaldingi: Northern Creek Frog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ 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.