Tham Phu Toei [KA0524]

Grottocenter / carte

Location

Turn off the H323 in Ban Pu Toei and follow the road north-east for 550 m before taking the lefthand fork of a Y junction. Follow this track noth for 250 m to where it makes a 90 deg turn to the left. The entrance is up some concrete steps at the foot of the hill 100 m across the fields, directly in line with the track. Martin Ellis - 28/09/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 28/09/2019

The entrance chamber is 30 m wide and 25 m high, with formations and a Buddha. At the top of one vertical, speleothem coated wall a passage can be seen to continue. Slightly to the right the passage drops down a slope. After a short section of horizontal walking passage it starts to slope upwards. It is draughting, but has many bats and gets progressively smaller so has not been fully explored. On the left in the entrance chamber, near the Buddha, the passage continues at a comfortable size for a short distance before suddenly reducing to a crawl that has not been investigated.

Fauna

Martin Ellis - 28/09/2019

Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record) Craseonycteris thonglongyai Hill, 1974 (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Craeseonycteridae) (Sedwisai et al. 2012) Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835) (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Sedwisai et al. 2012)

Documents

Bibliography 28/09/2019

History

2019-03-25 P. Collett Martin Ellis - 28/09/2019

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3.2Cave KA0604
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4.6Tham Lawa [Tham Kaeng Lawa] [KA0068]53017
5.2Cave KA0602
5.2Cave KA0609