Fallicambarus houstonensis, commonly known as the Houston burrowing crayfish, is a species of crayfish endemic to a select number of counties of southeastern Texas.

[2][3] Burrowing crayfish like F. houstonensis tend to thrive in warmer climates with milder and shorter winters.

This species lives in semi-terrestrial habitats, sometimes far away from any established bodies of water.

It was given the specific epithet houstonensis after the city of Houston, located just south of this species' range.

The holotype, allotype, and morphotype specimens were deposited in the National Museum of Natural History.