Romeo the Sehuencas water frogDIRK ERCKEN AND ARTURO MUÑOZ
After a decade of the single life, Romeo the Sehuencas water frog (Telmatobius yuracare) is putting it all on the line to find a mate. Or, more precisely, researchers at Global Wildlife Conservation are putting Romeo online. Arturo Muñoz-Saravia, a conservation scientist at Global Wildlife Conservation, set up a Match.com profile for the amphibian as part of a campaign to raise $15,000.
“Well, hi there,” the profile reads. “I’m Romeo. I’m a Sehuencas (pronounced “say-when-cuss”) water frog and, not to start this off super heavy or anything, but I’m literally the last of my species [researchers have not encountered a Sehuencas water frog in the wild since 2008].” A video of Romeo, complete with an accented voice-over, accompanies the profile.
Romeo lives at the Cochabamba ...
