Frog princess find could be kiss of life for an amphibian that's almost croaking

By Bridie Smith Science Editor
Updated December 24 2016 - 10:08am, first published November 13 2016 - 12:15am
The smile says it all. Deon Gilbert at the Mount Baw Baw site where he found the first female Baw Baw frog in October. Photo: Zoos Victoria
The smile says it all. Deon Gilbert at the Mount Baw Baw site where he found the first female Baw Baw frog in October. Photo: Zoos Victoria
The first female Baw Baw frog found. Her rounded belly is evidence she is laden with eggs. Photo: Zoos Victoria
The first female Baw Baw frog found. Her rounded belly is evidence she is laden with eggs. Photo: Zoos Victoria
Here she is: the first female Baw Baw frog found in the wild. Photo: Zoos Victoria
Here she is: the first female Baw Baw frog found in the wild. Photo: Zoos Victoria
The first female Baw Baw frog found, and the amphibian that made a grown man cry. Photo: Zoos Victoria
The first female Baw Baw frog found, and the amphibian that made a grown man cry. Photo: Zoos Victoria

He had been looking for his lady for six years. Six long years of fruitless searching upon a muddy mountaintop.

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