Tham Plah - CR0013

อำเภอแม่สาย (TH)
20.328467,99.863276
Grottocenter / carte

Location

1.5km west of the H110 near kilometre post 879, 12km south of Mae Sai. A surfaced road leads through to a large car park at the entrance to WatTham Plah. Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

This is a sacred spring issuing from the base of a cliff with no known access to the cave itself. The fish in the pool are said to be descendants of grilled fish that were offered to the Buddha Gotama when he visited the area and were miraculosly brought back to lift. It is also known as the Monkey Cave due to the troupes of monkeys which inhabit the temple grounds.

Fauna

Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

Tyrannochthonius pachythorax Redikorzev, 1938 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthonioidea, Chthoniidae) (Schawaller 1994) Psiloderces septentrionalis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Araneomorphae, Ochyroceratidae) û type locality (Deeleman-Reinhold 1995) Troglopedetes multispinosus Deharveng et Gers, 1993 (Arthropoda, Entognatha, Entomobryomorpha, Entomobryoidea, Paronellidae) (Deharveng and Gers 1993) Leopaldamys neilli (Marshall, 1976) (Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae) (Latinne et al. 2013) Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841 (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) (Yenbutra and Felton 1986) Aselliseus stoliczkanus Dobson, 1871 (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Yenbutra and Felton 1986)

Documents

Bibliography 10/08/2019

History

1988-01-21 (L. Maffre, F. Pallier, C. Thouin, B. Tonnelier) - visited lake 2014-03-11 (M. Ellis, R. Harper, V. Unsworth) - visited lake Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1Tham Plaew Plong Fah - CR0015547
0.1Resurgence CR0076
0.1Resurgence CR0077
0.2Tham Ku Kaeo - CR001053010
0.5Tham Noi [CR0078]80
0.6Tham Sao Hin Phraya Naak [CR0028]800
0.8Cave CR0011 - CR0011
1.7Cave CR0101
1.7Sink CR0103