Tham Plah - CR0013
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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.
Description
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
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- AGGIMARANGSEE, NANTIYA (1992) "Survey of Semi-tame Colonies of Macaques in Thailand" The Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society Vol. 40 No. 2 pp103-166 Barlow, Joel John (n.d.) "Chiang Rai Guide û Caves" www.chiangraiprovince.com/guide/eng/15.htm [accessed December 2011 inaccessible December 2016] CLARAC, A.; PAGAU-CLARAC, H. (1985) "Thailande: Guide Touristique" DK Book House, Bangkok ISBN 974-2104-174 508pp DEELEMAN-REINHOLD, CHRISTA L. (1995) "The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific Region (Araneae)" Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppliment No. 2 pp1-103 DEHARVENG, LOUIS; GERS, CHARLES (1993) "Ten new species of Troglopedetes Absolon 1907, from caves of Thailand (Collembola Paronellidae)" Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde Vol. 63 No.2 pp103-113 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 Kotsupho, Phisit (2016) "The Nan local wisdom: The unseen manuscripts" Journal of International Buddhist Studies Vol. 7 No. 1 June 2016 pp25-40 LATINNE, ALICE; WAENGSOTHORN, SURACHIT; ROJANADILOK, PRATEEP; EIAMAMPAI, KRAIRAT; SRIBUAROD, KRIANGSAK; MICHAUX, JOHAN R. (2013) " Diversity and endemism of Murinae rodents in Thai limestone karsts" Systematics and Biodiversity Vol. 11 online 22pp MUNIER, CHRISTOPHE (1998) "Sacred Rocks and Buddhist Caves in Thailand" White Lotus Co. Ltd, Bangkok ISBN 974-8434-19-2 266pp PANHA, SOMSAK; TONKERD, PIYOROS; SUTCHARIT, CHIRASAK; BURCH, JOHN B. (2004) "New Pupillid Species from Thailand (Pulmonata: Pupillidae)" The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University Vol. 4 No. 2 pp57-82 SCHAWALLER, WOLFGANG (1994) "Pseudoskorpione aus Thailand (Arachnidae: Pseudoscorpiones)" Revue Suisse de Zoologie Vol. 101 pp725-759 SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR; GARDNER, SIMON; SMART, DEAN (2006) "Caves of Northern Thailand" River Books, Thailand, ISBN 9749863135 SPONSEL, LESLIE E.; NATADECHA-SPONSEL, PORANEE (2003) "The Monk-Cave-Bat-Ecosystem Complex in Thailand" in CHAPPEL, DAVID W. (ED.) "Socially Engaged Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sulak Sivaraksa on his 70th Birthday" Saithirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation, Bangkok, pp255-270. Reprinted in GOTTLIEB, ROGER S. (2004) "This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment" Routledge, New York, pp134-144 SUWANNABUN (1981) VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp YENBUTRA, SONGSAKDI; FELTON, HEINZ (1986) "Bat Species and Their Distribution in Thailand According to the Collections in TISTR and SMF" in FELTON, HEINZ (ED.) "Contributions to the Knowledge of the Bats of Thailand" Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt Vol. 87 pp9-45
Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
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0.1 | Tham Plaew Plong Fah - CR0015 | 54 | 7 |
0.1 | Resurgence CR0076 | ||
0.1 | Resurgence CR0077 | ||
0.2 | Tham Ku Kaeo - CR0010 | 530 | 10 |
0.5 | Tham Noi [CR0078] | 8 | 0 |
0.6 | Tham Sao Hin Phraya Naak [CR0028] | 80 | 0 |
0.8 | Cave CR0011 - CR0011 | ||
1.7 | Cave CR0101 | ||
1.7 | Sink CR0103 |