The secretive Graham’s crayfish snake is a semi-aquatic snake found near the edge of ponds and streams of eastern Texas, as well as in various flooded pastures and bottomlands. They are also a good indicator species of a healthy prairie wetland, and will often follow crawfish in their burrows with some species of crawfish who can borrow up to 15 feet. Their primary food source is newly molted crawfish. They give live birth bearing 10 to 15 babies. Snakes fill an important ecological niche and help maintain balance in the natural food chain. Snakes possess certain chemical compounds which have been found to be very beneficial to mankind and are constantly being used to develop new medicines and chemicals. Photos by Stacy Holcomb and Tyson Vodochodsky
