Tham Erawan [LP0012]
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Location
The cave is on Doi Chang in moo 6 Ban Huai Fai, about 30 km south-west of Lamphun and east of the H106 to amphoe Li. The cave is well signposted from the H106. At Ban San Pa Hak turn east on a newly surfaced road for 4.5 km, then turn right for another 7 km to the end of the road which is just past the ranger station. A good footpath leads to the cave entrance which is a few hundred metres to the south.
Description
There is an informative signboard with a map at the cave entrance. The cave is a relict, horizontal phreatic passage with some nice decoration. There is one section where the cave narrows and it is necessary to traverse past a small pool. Other than this short section the cave is about 10 m wide and 5 m high with a few oxbows and short side passages. At the end of the cave the dirt slope in the right hand branch has been ascended to a small, drafting hole. The left hand branch leads through a low wet section before becoming choked with flowstone.
Topographie
SMCC 2016-10-03 Grade UISv2 6-3-BEF Ellis, Martin (2018)
Fauna
Plusioglyphiulus erawan Golovatch, Geoffroy, Mauries et VandenSpiegel, 2011 (Arthropoda, Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) û type locality (Golovatch et al. 2011) Orthriophis taeniurus (Cope 1861) (Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae) (Schulz 2010)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Erawan 05/05/2019Bibliography 28/03/2020
- ***Ellis, Martin (2018) "Some caves in Thailand Part 5" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 7 pp299-323 +GOLOVATCH, SERGEI I; GEOFFROY, JEAN-JACQUES; MAURI+S, JEAN-PAUL; SPIEGEL, DIDIER VAN DEN (2011) "The millipede genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923 in Thailand (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)" Zootaxa Monograph 2940 63pp +Jantarit, Sopark; Satasook, Chutamas; Deharveng, Louis (2013) "The genus Cyphoderopsis Carpenter (Collembola: Paronellidae) in Thailand and a faunal transition at the Isthmus of Kra in Troglopedetinae" Zootaxa Vol. 3721 No. 1 pp49-70 +SCHULZ, KLAUS-DIETER (2010) "Ubersicht der Variationen des Orthriophis taeniurus Unterarten-Komplexes mt Anmerkungen zum Status von Coluber taeniurus pallidus Rendahl, 1937 und der Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae)" Sauria Vol. 32 No. 2 pp3-26 +SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR; GARDNER, SIMON; SMART, DEAN (2006) "Caves of Northern Thailand" River Books, Thailand, ISBN 9749863135 ***Srisonchai, Ruttapon; Enghoff, Henrik; Likhitrakarn, Natdanai; Panha, Somsak (2018) "A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)" ZooKeys No. 761 pp1-177 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.761.24214 +TOURNIER, THIERRY (2009) ôThai 2008/09ö www.blog4ever.com/blogfichiers/156233/fics/1562330… 26pp +Tumpeesuwan, Sakboworn; Tumpeesuwan, Chanidaporn (2015) "First record and description of a new species of the land snail genus Pearsonia Kobelt, 1902 (Cyclophoridae: Pterocyclinae) from Thailand, with a note on radula morphology" Raffles Bulletion of Zoology Vol. 63 pp287-292
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