Robert G. Webb

Robert Gravem Webb
Born(1927-02-18)18 February 1927
Long Beach, California
Died18 September 2018(2018-09-18) (aged 91)
San Angelo, Texas
Alma materUCLA, University of Oklahoma, University of Kansas
Known forHerpetology
SpousePatricia Ann Peden
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas, El Paso

Robert Gravem Webb (18 February 1927 – 18 September 2018[1]) was an American herpetologist, expert in the systematics and biogeography of reptiles and amphibians, and professor emeritus of biological science at the University of Texas, El Paso.[2]

Webb received his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Kansas in 1960.[2]

Webb had over a hundred publications to his name. He specialized in amphibians and reptiles of the southwestern United States and Mexico.[1][3]

The snake Lampropeltis webbi is named after him.[2][4]

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Robert "Bob" Gravem Webb". Legacy.com. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Webb, R. G.", p. 280).
  3. ^ "Robert G. Webb". UTEP Biodiversity Collections Home Page. The University of Texas at El Paso. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ Lampropeltis webbi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2015.