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Last year, Romeo the Sehuencas water frog, hit the headlines when scientists created a match.com dating profile for the little green guy.

The lonely frog was believed to be the only one of his species left in the world and as such had spent 10 years all on his own.

He subsequently became known as the 'world's loneliest frog'.

So, taking action, Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) and the Bolivian Amphibian Initiative joined forces to find a mate for Romeo, in order to ensure the survival of his species.

(Image: Dirk Ercken and Arturo MunÌƒoz) (Image: Dirk Ercken and Arturo MunÌƒoz)

Speaking about Romeo last February, Arturo Muno, founder of the Bolivian Amphibian Initiative explained: "When biologists collected Romeo 10 years ago, we knew the Sehuencas water frog, like other amphibians in Bolivia, was in trouble, but we had no idea we wouldn't be able to find a single other individual in all this time.

"Romeo started to call for a mate about a year after he was brought into captivity. But those calls have slowed in the last few years.

"We don't want him to lose hope."

Now, almost a year later, it seems he may have finally found himself his very own Juliet - thanks to a little help from a few humans.

(Image: Match.com)

According to the BBC, scientists have found five more Sehuencas water frogs during an expedition to a remote Bolivian cloud forest.

The frogs were captured, with a plan to breed them and re-introduce them back into the wild.

Teresa Camacho Badani, the chief of herpetology at the Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbingy in Cochabamba City, says the female frog they have found is very different from Romeo, but she is hopeful that opposites will attract.

She said: "Romeo is really calm and relaxed and doesn't move a whole lot. He's healthy and likes to eat but he is kind of shy and slow.

"[Juliet] is really energetic, she swims a lot and she eats a lot and sometimes she tries to escape."

As well as Juliet, scientists also found one other female and three male Sehuencas. They are the first of their kind to be seen in the wild in over a decade.

The frogs are currently being kept in quarantine at the museum.