Annie Zuiderwijk

Zuiderwijk was born on 22 May 1943, and worked at the Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, University of Amsterdam.). A year later, the Reptile Monitoring project revealed that many Lacerta members had become the first monitors. In 1992, an entire issue of Lacerta was filled with a single article about Dutch lizards. Zuiderwijk was named an honorary member of Lacerta on 24 April 2004. When she won the Lenders Award in 2010, it was noted that "through her deep involvement in all her activities, she helped lay the foundation for the study and protection of native reptiles and amphibians." An interview of Zuiderwijk was published by Van Diepenbeek in the journal RAVON in 2011. During the discussion, Zuiderwijk confirms her collaboration with Lacerta members who had asked to breed and release Sand Lizards following the burning and destruction of a significant portion of the North Holland dunes. Zuiderwijk suggested that they begin with monitoring before releasing the lizards. Later, monitoring of the Grass Snake followed in and around Amsterdam, and in Friesland and the Veluwe. == Later years ==

Zuiderwijk retired in 2008 from the research staff at the Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, in 2008. Annie Zuiderwijk developed dementia and cancer An obituary quoted her saying: “I enjoyed life to the fullest." == Taxon named ==

Taxon authored by Zuiderwijk: Ommatotriton nesterovi, the Anatolian Banded Newt. == Selected works ==

• Schoorl, Jaap, and Annie Zuiderwijk. "Ecological isolation in Triturus cristatus and Triturus marmoratus (Amphibia: Salamandridae)." Amphibia-Reptilia 1, no. 3 (1980): 235-252. • Zuiderwijk, Annie, and Max Sparreboom. "Territorial behaviour in crested newt Triturus cristatus and marbled newt T. marmoratus (Amphibia, Urodela)." Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 56, no. 2 (1986): 205-213. • Bergmans, Wim, and Annie Zuiderwijk. "Atlas van de Nederlandse amfibieën en reptielen en hun bedreiging: vijfde herpetogeografisch verslag." Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 1986. • Stumpel, A.H.P. (1987). Wim Bergmans, Annie Zuiderwijk: Atlas of the Netherlands Amphibians and Reptiles and their Threats; Fifth Herpetogeographical Report. In Dutch with English summaries. Published by 'Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging' (K.N.N.V.), Hoogwoud (NL); and by 'Nederlandse Verenig-. Amphibia-Reptilia, 8(4), 425-426. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853887X00216 • Zuiderwijk, Annie. "Sexual strategies in the newts Triturus cristatus and Triturus marmoratus." Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 60, no. 1 (1990): 51-64. • van Strien, Arco, Annie Zuiderwijk, Ben Daemen, Ingo Janssen, and Marcel Straver. "Adder en Levendbarende hagedis hebben last van versnippering en verdroging." De Levende Natuur 108, no. 2 (2007): 44-48. • Arntzen, Jan W., Carlos Abrahams, Willem RM Meilink, Ruben Iosif, and Annie Zuiderwijk. "Amphibian decline, pond loss and reduced population connectivity under agricultural intensification over a 38-year period." Biodiversity and Conservation 26, no. 6 (2017): 1411-1430. == References ==