{{Short description|American herpetologist (1927–2018)}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Robert G. Webb | birth_name = Robert Gravem Webb | image = <!--(filename only)--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=y|1927|2|18}} | birth_place = [[Long Beach]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|2018|9|18|1927|2|18}} | death_place = [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], [[Texas]], U.S. | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = [[University of Texas, El Paso]] | alma_mater = [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], [[University of Oklahoma]], [[University of Kansas]] | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = [[Herpetology]] | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | footnotes = | spouse = Patricia Ann Peden }} '''Robert Gravem Webb''' (February 18, 1927 – September 18, 2018<ref name=legacy>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/elpasotimes/obituary.aspx?n=robert-gravem-webb-bob&pid=190336383&fhid=32251 |title=Dr. Robert "Bob" Gravem Webb |author= |date=28 September 2018 |publisher=Legacy.com |accessdate=15 June 2019}}</ref>) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Herpetology|herpetologist]], expert in the [[systematics]] and [[biogeography]] of reptiles and amphibians, and professor emeritus of [[biological science]] at the [[University of Texas, El Paso]].<ref name="EDR"/>
Webb received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in zoology from the [[University of Kansas]] in 1960.<ref name="EDR">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).</ref>
Webb had over a hundred publications to his name. He specialized in amphibians and reptiles of the southwestern [[United States]] and [[Mexico]].<ref name=legacy/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utep.edu/leb/curators/webb.htm |title=Robert G. Webb |work=UTEP Biodiversity Collections Home Page |publisher=The University of Texas at El Paso |date=24 January 2011 |accessdate=4 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004348/http://www.utep.edu/LEB/curators/webb.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
The snake ''[[Lampropeltis webbi]]'' is named after him.<ref name="EDR"/><ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Lampropeltis|species=webbi |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>
==See also== *[[:Category:Taxa named by Robert G. Webb|Category:Taxa named by Robert G. Webb]]
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