Citations:ophidiophobia
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English citations of ophidiophobia
fear of snakes
[edit]- 2012 August 5, Robert C. Stebbins, Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of California, Revised edition, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 349:
- His father had a severe case of ophidiophobia, but to his credit he allowed his non-ophidiophobic 12-year-old son to keep a small colony of the Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in a large box pen in a far corner of their Wisconsin backyard.
- 2010 October 18, Matthew Murrie, Steve Murrie, The First Book of Seconds: 220 of the Most Random, Remarkable, Respectable (and Regrettable) Runners-Up and Their Almost Claim to Fame, Avon, MA: Adams Media, →ISBN, page 11:
- The second-most-common phobia is ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes. Ophidiophobia is one of the most debilitating fears in humans; even the picture of a snake in a magazine or image of one on TV can invoke intense fear in some people.
- 2006 August 18, Snakes on a Plane (Film), spoken by John Sanders (Mark Houghton):
- I've got... ophidiophobia— fear of snakes.