Jean-Théodore Cocteau
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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.[1] Cocteau is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of giant skink, Chioninia coctei, which is now extinct.[2]
References
- ^ A.L. (1838). "Nécrologie". Revue zoologique. 1838. Société cuvierienne.: 91–96.
- ^ 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).
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