# 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 an [American](/source/Americans) [herpetologist](/source/Herpetology), expert in the [systematics](/source/Systematics) and [biogeography](/source/Biogeography) of reptiles and amphibians, and professor emeritus of [biological science](/source/Biological_science) at the [University of Texas, El Paso](/source/University_of_Texas%2C_El_Paso).[2]

Webb received his [Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in zoology from the [University of Kansas](/source/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](/source/United_States) and [Mexico](/source/Mexico).[1][3]

The snake *[Lampropeltis webbi](/source/Lampropeltis_webbi)* is named after him.[2][4]

## See also

- [Category:Taxa named by Robert G. Webb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Taxa_named_by_Robert_G._Webb)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-legacy_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-legacy_1-1) ["Dr. Robert "Bob" Gravem Webb"](https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/elpasotimes/obituary.aspx?n=robert-gravem-webb-bob&pid=190336383&fhid=32251). Legacy.com. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EDR_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EDR_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-EDR_2-2) Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). ("Webb, R. G.", p. 280).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Robert G. Webb"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004348/http://www.utep.edu/LEB/curators/webb.htm). *UTEP Biodiversity Collections Home Page*. The University of Texas at El Paso. 24 January 2011. Archived from [the original](https://www.utep.edu/leb/curators/webb.htm) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-RDB_4-0)** [*Lampropeltis webbi*](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Lampropeltis&species=webbi) at the [Reptarium.cz Reptile Database](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/). Accessed 18 August 2015.

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