Robert G. Webb

Robert Gravem Webb (born 1927)[1] is an American herpetologist, an expert in the systematics and biogeography of reptiles and amphibians, and professor emeritus of biological science at the University of Texas, El Paso.

Webb received his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Kansas in 1960.[1]

Webb has over a hundred publications to his name. He has specialized in amphibians and reptiles of the southwestern United States and Mexico.[2]

The snake Lampropeltis webbi is named after him.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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).
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Lampropeltis webbi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2015.
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