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Romeo the Frog Meets Juliet
Photos by Robin Moore, Global Wildlife Conservation
Romeo (bottom left) was thought to be the last Sehuencas water frog, but an expedition found his Juliet (top right).
Romeo was looking for love. Thought to be the last of his kind, the Sehuencas water frog had lived alone for 10 years at the Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny in Bolivia. Researchers had been unsuccessful at finding him a mate in the past, but they were still hoping to save the species from extinction. So last year, they decided to get creative, making a Match.com profile for the “World’s Loneliest Frog.” It worked: The creature’s fans raised $25,000 for an expedition team to look for more frogs in Bolivia’s cloud forest. And in January, the museum’s chief of herpetology, Teresa Camacho Badani, announced that the team had found five healthy Sehuencas water frogs—including Juliet, who appears to be an ideal mate. If all goes well, scientists hope to introduce baby Romeos and Juliets to the wild. Camacho Badani is optimistic that the two will hit it off: “Never give up searching for that happy ending,” she says.