Robert_G._Webb

Robert G. Webb

Robert G. Webb

American herpetologist (1927–2018)

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]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dr. Robert "Bob" Gravem Webb". Legacy.com. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. [2]
    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. [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. [4]
    Lampropeltis webbi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2015.


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