What is ophidiophobia?

What is ophidiophobia?Ophidiophobia is a Greek term which is a combination of ‘ophis’ meaning snake and phobia meaning fear. Ophidiophobia refers to the fear of snakes, alternatively termed as herpetophobia. This kind of phobia is quite distinct from the fear of venom. An ophidiophobiac is usually afraid of snakes, not only when they come in contact with one but even when they think of snakes or see them on TV or in a magazine.

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