Jean Roux

Jean Roux (March 1876, Geneva – 1 December 1939) was a Swiss herpetologist.

He studied at the University of Geneva, completing his doctoral thesis in 1899. His early research involved studies of protozoa, and following post-doctoral work in Berlin, he became a curator at the natural history museum in Basel. Here, he performed analysis of herpetological specimens collected by Fritz Müller, his predecessor at Basel.

In 1907–08, with Hugo Merton, he performed scientific research in the Aru and Kei Islands, and in 1911–12, with Fritz Sarasin, he visited New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. and frog Phrynobatrachus rouxi.