ophiology
noun
ophi·ol·o·gy
variants or less commonly ophidology
ˌäfəˈdä-,
ˌōf-
plural -es
: a branch of herpetology concerned with the study of snakes
Word History
Etymology
ophiology from ophi- + -logy; ophidology from New Latin ophido- (irregular from Greek ophis serpent) + English -logy