Tham Wat Phu Pha Lom [LO0182]

Length 10m Depth 0m

Location

From Loei town take the H2138 eastwards towards Na Duang. Turn north onto the H2249 as far as Ban Phia. In the village take the turning to the east next to the wat and follow the road for about 3km. A turning north leads to the karst hills and the wat is just before the Phu Pha Lom Forest Park headquarters. Martin Ellis - 26/03/2020

Description

Martin Ellis - 26/03/2020

This is a very small cave with a Buddha near the main temple buildings. A small hole up on the left of the entrance soon closes down.

Fauna
Martin Ellis - 26/03/2020

Snails:- Indoartemon eburneus (Pfeiffer, 1861) - found on surface

Documents

Bibliography 26/03/2020

Siriboon, Thanit; Sutcharit, Chirasak; Naggs, Fred; Rowson, Ben; Panha, Somsak (2014) "Revision of the carnivorous snail genus Indoartemon Forcart, 1946 and a new genus Carinartemis from Thailand (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)" The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Vol. 62 pp161-174

History

2014-03-31 (M. Ellis, Y. Sopha, J. Gosset, S. Gosset) Martin Ellis - 26/03/2020

Caves nearby

Distance (km)	Name	Length (m)	Depth (m)
0.1	LO0183 (Resurgence)
0.3	Cave LO0184
0.4	Nu (Tham) [LO0196]	80	0
0.5	Cave LO0185	80	0
0.8	Tham Pha Lom - LO0049	355	18
0.9	Tham Pha Lom Ru Rai [LO0195]	25	0
3.6	Tham Pha Ya - LO0053	270	32
4.3	Tham Pha Dam 2 - LO0079	50	12
4.3	Tham Pha Dam 3 - LO0119	20	7