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Robert G. Webb

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American herpetologist (1927–2018)

Robert G. Webb
Born	Robert Gravem Webb (1927-02-18)February 18, 1927 Long Beach,California, U.S.
Died	September 18, 2018(2018-09-18) (aged 91) San Angelo,Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	UCLA,University of Oklahoma,University of Kansas
Known for	Herpetology
Spouse	Patricia Ann Peden
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Texas, El Paso

Robert Gravem Webb (February 18, 1927 – September 18, 2018^[1]) was anAmerican herpetologist, expert in thesystematics andbiogeography of reptiles and amphibians, and professor emeritus ofbiological science at theUniversity of Texas, El Paso.^[2]

Webb received hisPh.D. in zoology from theUniversity of Kansas in 1960.^[2]

Webb had over a hundred publications to his name. He specialized in amphibians and reptiles of the southwesternUnited States andMexico.^[1]^[3]

The snakeLampropeltis webbi is named after him.^[2]^[4]

^^a ^b"Dr. Robert "Bob" Gravem Webb". Legacy.com. 28 September 2018. Retrieved15 June 2019.
^^a ^b ^cBeolens, 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).
^"Robert G. Webb".UTEP Biodiversity Collections Home Page. The University of Texas at El Paso. 24 January 2011. Archived fromthe original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved4 October 2016.
^Lampropeltis webbi at theReptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2015.