Litoria spaldingi

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| image = Litoria spaldingi, Jabiru NT 0886, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 318413241.jpg

| status = LC

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group| title = Litoria spaldingi | page = e.T197794385A197794444 | year = 2022 | access-date = January 23, 2025}}

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| taxon = Litoria spaldingi

| authority = (Hosmer, 1964)

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| synonyms = *Hyla spaldingi Hosmer, 1964

• Litoria spaldingi – Wells and Wellington, 1985

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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.{{BioRef|ASW6

|title=Litoria spaldingii (Hosmer, 1964)

|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Pelodryadinae/Litoria/Litoria-spaldingi

|access-date=December 22, 2022}}{{BioRef|amphibiaweb

|title=Litoria spaldingi: Northern Creek Frog

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|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/9326

|access-date=December 22, 2022}}

The species was originally considered a synonym of the Watjulum frog (Litoria watjulumensis) but was resurrected as a species in 2021.{{Cite journal |last=Donnellan |first=Stephen C. |last2=Catalano |first2=Sarah R. |last3=Pederson |first3=Stephen |last4=Mitchell |first4=Kieren J. |last5=Suhendran |first5=Aidan |last6=Price |first6=Luke C. |last7=Doughty |first7=Paul |last8=Richards |first8=Stephen J. |date=2021-02-19 |title=Revision of the Litoria watjulumensis (Anura: Pelodryadidae) group from the Australian monsoonal tropics, including the resurrection of L. spaldingi |url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4933.2.3 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4933 |issue=2 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.3 |issn=1175-5334}}