Joan Robb

Joan Robb (c. 1921 – 19 October 2017) was a New Zealand herpetologist and wildlife tour guide.

Joan Robb
Born1921
Died19 October 2017, age 95
Auckland
Alma materMassey Agricultural College
Scientific career
Fieldsherpetology
InstitutionsAuckland University
Author abbrev. (zoology)Robb

Academic career

Robb grew up in Gisborne, and was educated at home through the Correspondence School.[1] After a Diploma in Agriculture from Massey Agricultural College, she studied at the University of Auckland, graduating with an MSc in zoology in 1956.[1][2] Robb then worked in the Department of Zoology at the University of Auckland, becoming an Associate Professor in 1967.[2] She taught vertebrate form and function.[1] She retired in 1978, after which she became a tour guide for wildlife tours to Malaysia, Nepal, China, Australia, and Africa.[2]

Robb held positions on the Fauna Protection Advisory Council (an advisory group to the Department of Internal Affairs, who were then responsible for conservation[3]) and the Council of the Auckland Museum.[2]

Robb's research focused on herpetology, particularly New Zealand lizards, and she named five new taxa of skink and gecko. Her 1980 book describing New Zealand amphibians and reptiles was considered to be "academic in quality, but popular in tone".[1]

In 2017, Robb was named as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's 150 women in 150 words.[1]

Robb died in Auckland on 19 October 2017.[4]

Taxa named by Robb

Selected works
  • Joan Robb; Evan Graham Turbott (1971). "Tu'i Malila, "Cook's tortoise"". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 8: 229–233. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906170. Wikidata Q58676901.
  • J. Robb (1966). "The generic status of the Australasian typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 (106–108): 675–679. doi:10.1080/00222936608651678. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q99849286.
  • J Robb (1966). "The structure and possible function of the cloacal pouches of male Australian Typhlopids". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14 (1): 27. doi:10.1071/ZO9660027. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99975772.
  • Joan Robb (1986), New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Colour, OCLC 715476686, Wikidata Q104524916
  • Joan Robb (1980). "Three new species of gekkonid lizards, genera Hoplodactylus Fitzinger and Heteropholis Fischer, from New Zealand". National Museum of New Zealand Records. 1 (19): 305–310. ISSN 0110-943X. Wikidata Q104525406.
  • Joan Robb (1977), The Tuatara, Shildon, OCLC 3994967, Wikidata Q104525455
  • Joan Robb (1975). "Two new skinks of the genus Leiolopisma from New Zealand". Proceedings of the section of sciences. 78: 477–484. Wikidata Q104525474.

References
  1. "Joan Robb". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. McLintock, Alexander Hare; Percy Hylton Craig Lucas, Administrative Officer; Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Modern Methods of Conservation". An encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, 1966. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. "View Joan ROBB's Notice on nzherald.co.nz and share memories". notices.nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 27 December 2020.


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