Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich AM (1945–2015) was a herpetologist in Queensland, Australia.

As a senior curator of vertebrates at the Queensland Museum, she discovered and studied many reptiles and frogs in Queensland.

[1] Covacevich is most famous for rediscovering and describing the Inland Taipan snake (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), the world's most venomous snake.

[2][3] In addition, she described over thirty new species and genera including the Cape York striped blind snake (Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena), the Nangur spiny skink (Nangura spinosa), and the Bulburin leaf-tailed gecko (Phyllurus caudiannulatus).

[4] On 12 June 1995 she was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to science, in particular for herpetology and conservation.