Jean-Théodore Cocteau

{{short description|French herpetologist}}

Jean-Théodore Cocteau (1798–1838) was a French herpetologist, who was associated with Duméril, Cuvier, and Bibron, and corresponded with other workers in zoology around the world. Cocteau published a volume on skinks, Etudes sur les Scincoïdes, and named a number of new taxa.{{cite journal|last1=A.L.|title=Nécrologie|journal=Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne|date=1838|volume=1838|pages=91–96|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328194}} Cocteau is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of giant skink, Chioninia coctei, which is now extinct.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}}. ("Cocteau", p. 56).