Snakes 16 Month 2012 Calendar. This popular calendar features a variety of different snakes from various habitats across the globe. Snakes are essentially cold-blooded legless reptiles and they are very closely related to lizards - there are several species of legless lizard in existence today which superficially resemble snakes! The love of snakes is called "ophiophilia" and a fear of snakes is called "ophidiophobia". In the past the snake has also been known as a serpent. This old synonym comes from the French language "serp" which essentially means to "to creep" although the use of this word in modern days simply refers to mythical or symbolic snakes. Enjoy this large format square wall calendar which features 13 full colour snake illustrations alongside the monthly calendar grids.