Tham Pha Daeng [CM0152]
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Location
On the H1150 heading towards Phrao, turn left onto the H1346. In the village of Ban Lom take a track on the left. After a major descent turn right for 50 m. The caves are 50 m away on the left, at the foot of a red cliff that gives the cave its name. GPS points: Crossroads in Ban Lom with the H1346: 47Q 517786 2155333 Alt: 576 m Crossroads: 47Q 517518 2155359 Alt.: 566 m Crossing, turn right: 47Q 516034 2155972 Alt.: 578 m Path to the cave: 47Q 515991 2156163 Alt.: 576 m Car parking: 47Q 516033 2155970 Alt.: 576 m
Description
Fauna
Systaria lannops Jõger, 2018 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Clubionidae) (Jõger 2018) Althepus changmao Li et Li, 2018 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) û type locality (Li et al. 2018) Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835) (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Chintapitasakul et al. 2012) Hipposideros larvatus (Horsfield, 1823) (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Chintapitasakul et al. 2012)
The entrance is 10 m high by 4 m wide and gives access after a short climb up using a metal ladder to a black Buddha behind which the passage continues. Before the Buddha a passage on the left gives access to a gallery that ends in the cliff. On the right the gallery continues, narrowing, then regaining its large size. It shows traces of a palaeo flow and various levels of clastic fill. One can also observe eroded conglomerates. The floor is littered with guano and populated with big cockroaches. The gallery continues to intersect perpendicularly a smaller gallery. A bit before the bottom a small drop of 2 m is equipped with a metal ladder. The cave ends in a chamber where the clastic deposits may be an old choked sump. Large bats (60 cm) are present. Tham Pha Daeng was surveyed by the SSAPO in July 2008. It may be the same cave as Tham Pha Daeng (CM0048), in particular with regard to the bat records, but the two surveys are very dissimilar.
Topographie
JARLAN, PHILIPPE; CARON-JARLAN, VIOLAINE, BELUCHE, ALEXANDRA; BELUCHE, FRANCOIS (2010) - Grade unknown
Documents
[Topo] Tham Pha Daeng 05/05/2019Bibliography 29/06/2019
- +CHINTAPITASAKUL, LERDCHAI; CHOENGERN, NIMIT; BUMRUNGSRI, SARA; CHALAMAT, MUTITA; MOLEE, LAMUL; PARCHARIYANON, SUJIRA; RATANAMUNGKLANON, SOMCHUAN; KONGSUWAN, KRITAYA (2012) ôRT-PCR survey of emerging Paramyxoviruses in Cave-dwelling Batsö Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine Vol. 42 No. 1 pp29-36 +JARLAN, PHILIPPE; CARON-JARLAN, VIOLAINE, BELUCHE, ALEXANDRA; BELUCHE, FRANCOIS (2010) "Expedition NANTHAI 2008" SociÚtÚ SpÚlÚologique de l' AriÞge-Pays d'Olmes 55pp ***Jõger, Peter (2018) "On the genus Systaria (Araneae: Clubionidae) in Southeast Asia: new species from caves and forests" Zootaxa Vol. 4504 No. 4 pp524-544 ***Li, Fengyaun; Liu, Chang; Wongprom, Prasit; Li, Shuqiang (2018) "Sixteen new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia" Zootaxa Vol. 4471 No. 3 pp401-443 +NATIONAL PARK OFFICE (2006) "National Parks in Thailand" National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 280pp
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Cave CM0248 | ||
| 3.3 | Cave CM0277 | 50 | 0 |
| 4.1 | Tham Farangset - CM0047 | 238 | 0 |
| 4.9 | Tham Pha Daeng - CM0048 | 135 | 0 |
| 7.4 | Tham Pang Din Fai [CM0180] | 342 | 42 |
| 8.7 | Tham Na [CM0178] | 50 | 0 |
| 10.3 | Tham Pang Mo [CM0181] | 50 | 0 |
| 10.3 | Pang Mo Shaft [CM0179] | 5 | 5 |
| 10.3 | Tham Plong - CM0176 |