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Answer for the clue "Study of snakes ", 9 letters:
ophiology

Word definitions for ophiology in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ophiology or Ophidiology (more correct and used, and common in Latin countries)( Greek ophis = "snake" + logos = "knowledge") is the branch of herpetology (the study of reptiles and amphibians ) that deals with the scientific study of ophidians or snakes ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ophiology \O`phi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? a serpent + -logy: cf. F. ophioloqie.] That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) The study of snakes, a branch of herpetology.