About Nelly de Rooij
Lived 1883 – 1964 (aged 80). Nelly de Rooij was a Dutch herpetologist and zoologist.
Petronella Johanna Nelly de Rooij (30 July 1883 – 10 June 1964) was a Dutch zoologist and herpetologist.
Biography De Rooij was born in Weesp, and she studied medicine in Amsterdam until discrimination against her gender in Dutch law obliged her to continue her studies in Zurich. She studied the cardiovascular system of salamanders of the genus Andrias, and she was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Zurich in 1907.
In 1922 she was obliged to leave due to administrative reforms, but in this short academic career she was able to publish The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago.
De Rooij died in Arnhem in 1964.
Taxa described by de Rooij Calamaria ceramensis, 1913 Calamaria lautensis, 1917 Cyrtodactylus malayanus, 1915 Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis, 1915 Draco taeniopterus, 1915 Eugongylus unilineatus, 1915 Sphenomorphus longicaudatus, 1915 Sphenomorphus nigriventris, 1915 Stegonotus florensis, 1917 Tribolonotus gracilis, 1909
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Dutch zoologist and herpetologist (1883–1964)
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Nelly de Rooij was born on 30 July 1883 in Weesp.
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Nelly de Rooij died on 10 June 1964 in Arnhem.
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Nelly de Rooij was a herpetologist and zoologist.
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Nelly de Rooij was Dutch.
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