Batrachophobia is the fear of amphibians, particularly frogs and toads, producing a startle or avoidance response to their sight, touch or sound. It belongs to the same broad category of specific animal phobias as fears of reptiles or insects, and like those fears is considered disproportionate to the real danger most amphibian species pose.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterAnxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 2 Connections
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Source Fear of frogs (Wikipedia)
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1. Batrachophobia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Batrachophobia lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)View the Source 2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization
Fear of frogs (Wikipedia)
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead sentenceQuote, In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead sentence
Fear of frogs and toads is both a specific phobia, known simply as frog phobia or ranidaphobia (from Ranidae, the most widespread family of frogs), and a superstition common to the folkways of many cultures.
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