A frog dubbed "the world's loneliest" has a blind date coming up, after researchers found more members of his species.
Romeo was found 10 years ago in the cloud forests of Bolivia and, according to Global Wildlife Conservation, was thought to be the last Sehuencas water frog on the planet.
Last year an online dating profile was started in his name and he joined Twitter as Romeo the World's Loneliest Frog.
But researchers — including Teresa Camacho Badani of the Alcide d'Orbigny Museum of Natural History, who found Romeo in 2008 — have now discovered five new Sehuencas frogs, including two females.
One of them is a suitable potential mate for Romeo and, perhaps unsurprisingly, has been named Juliet.
She and the others went straight into quarantine to be checked for any diseases before joining Romeo.
"We do not want Romeo to get sick on his first date," Ms Badani told Global Wildlife Conservation.
In even better news, Romeo and Juliet share some similar interests, but enough differences to keep things exciting.
"She likes worms as much as Romeo likes them," Ms Badani said.
"She is very strong, and swims very fast. She looks great and is healthy.
"Opposites attract — while Romeo is very shy, Juliet is not at all. So we think she will make an excellent match for Romeo."
No word yet on exactly when the first date will be.
