Male
(left) and Female (right), credit to Helen
Briggs
Water
frog with scientific name (Telmatobius
yuracare)
is endemic to Bolivia and believed to be near extinct. Factors such
as diseases,
habitat
destruction and climate changes lead to declining of frog population.
Bolivian
natural history museum kept frog, namely
Romeo
in an aquarium for 10 years without mates and even friends. Last
year, the
scientists set up profile of Romeo to find a mate through online.
World
wide communities responded by sponsoring
efforts
to find a real mate in nature. Recently,
conservationists found the mate, namely Juliet in the Bolivia’s
remote jungle. Unfortunately, Romeo still shy, while pretty
Juliet
with
beautiful eyes
is an
active frog.
Hope,
the frogs will have their
first
dating in this
year, 2019 valentine day. Reproduction is important to save their own
species from extinction.
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