Tham Keao - CH0012
15.974160,101.410207
Location
Tham Keao is signposted with small blue signs off the H225 on to the H2559. The turning to the west in Ban Tham Keao (Ban Nong Yai) is also signposted and there is a good surfaced road to the wat which is at the foot of the mountains.
Description
The large entrance opens into a descending a chamber with a large calcite boss which has a Buddha in front of it. Around the back of the boss is a small chamber with a tiled floor and another shrine. From here a side passage leads to a seasonal waterfall and some calcite crystals. Back in the calcite boss chamber a passage to the left leads to a chamber with about 5,000 bats while another passage to the right goes to a lake and a stream passage. The stream is used as a water supply.
Fauna
Haplotaxis glandularis (Yamaguchi, 1953) (Annelida, Clitellata, Haplotaxida, Haplotaxidae) (Giani and Bouguenec 1988) Plusioglyphiulus tham Golovatch, Geoffroy, Mauries et VandenSpiegel, 2011 (Arthropoda, Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) û type locality (Golovatch et al. 2011) Bryocyclops muscicola (Menzel, 1926) (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Maxilliopoda, Cyclopida, Cyclopidae) (Watiroyram 2018a) Aequigidiella aquilifera Botosaneanu et Stock, 1989 (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Bogidiellidae) (Botosaneanu and Stock 1989) Stenasellus deharvengi Magniez, 1991 (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Asellota, Stenasellidae) û type locality (Magniez 2003)
Documents
Bibliography 18/06/2019- +BOTOSANEANU, L.; STOCK, J.H. (1989) "A Remarkable New Genus of Cavernicolous Bogidiellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Thailand" Studies in Honour of Dr Pietr Wagenaar Hummelinck, Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles, Amsterdam. No. 123 +BRANCELJ, ANTON; BOONYANUSITH, CHAICHAT; WATIROYRAM, SANTI; SANOAMUANG, LA-ORSRI (2013) "The groundwater-dwelling fauna of South East Asiaö Journal of Limnology, Vol. 72 Supplement 2 pp327-344 +Brouquisse, Francois; Dalger, Daniel; Bakalowicz, Michel (1988) "RÚsultats HydrogÚochemiques des ExpÚditions Thai-Maros 86 et Thai 87" Expeditions de l'APS en Asie du Sud-est: Travaux Scientifiques û 1. Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-03-1 pp-5-16 (French) +DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1988) "ExpÚditions Tha´ 87-Tha´ 88" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-02-3 +DEHARVENG, LOUIS; LECLERC, PHILIPPE (1989) "Recherches sur les Faunes Cavernicoles d'Asie du Sud-est" MÚmoires de BiospÚologie Vol. 16 No. 43 pp91-110 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 124pp +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 (2014) ôCyphoderus (Cyphoderidae as a major component of collembolan cave fauna in Thailand, with description of two new speciesö ZooKeys 368 pp1-21 +MAGNIEZ, GUY J. (2003) "Contribution Ó la connaissance des Stenasellidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) Stygobies d'ExtrÛme-Orient" Subterranean Biology Vol. 1 pp31-42 +VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp ***Watiroyram, Santi (2018b) "Bryocyclops asetus sp. n. and the presence of Bryocyclops muscicola (Menzel, 1926) from Thailand (Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae)" ZooKeys No. 793 pp 29-51
History
1987 The cave was first explored and surveyed by the APS 2005-04-29 M. Ellis 2016-09-25 S. Watiroyram - biological collecting
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|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7 | Tham Phra - CH0011 | 450 | 21 |
| 9.3 | Tham Saeng Tien - CH0079 | ||
| 11.1 | Cave CH0110 [CH01010] | ||
| 11.8 | Tham Wua Daeng - CH0013 | 50 | |
| 11.8 | Cave CH0078 - CH0078 | 75 | 0 |
| 33.7 | Tham Khuha Banphot - PE0093 | ||
| 39.5 | Tham Pan Ta [CH0106} | ||
| 40.5 | Tham Song Khaen - CH0086 | ||
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