Robert G. (Robert Gravem) Webb

Robert Gravem Webb was an American herpetologist and professor emeritus of biological science at the University of Texas at El Paso. Sources available here describe him as a specialist in the systematics and biogeography of reptiles and amphibians, with especially important work on Mexican herpetology and softshell turtles.

At UTEP, he served for many years as a co-curator of herpetology in the Laboratory for Environmental Biology. A university profile notes that he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1960, specializing in herpetology, and his career became closely tied to the study of borderlands and northern Mexico.

Born on February 18, 1927, in Long Beach, California, he died on September 18, 2018. Remembered by colleagues and readers as "Bob" Webb, he left behind a substantial scientific legacy through his research, collections work, and publications on amphibians and reptiles.