The Surin Islands comprise of five main islands, including 2 large islands consisting of the northern Surin Island and Southern Surin island which located very adjacent like the twin island. They are separated by the 200 meters width shallow sea. IThe other three islands are the rock islands with some dwarf trees. Plants that found here are the rainforest plants. They are one source of the big and best fertile shallow coral reef of Thailand The Plants and Animals of the Surin Island National Park: Primary rainforest covers most area of the national park, both of slope and ridge of mountain. The important plants found here are Diospyros malabarica Kostel., etc Beach forest could be found in beach areas where you can find many kinds of plant such as Barringtonia, Cerbera odollam, etc. Mangrove forest is located in the mud area and the brackish water of Mae Yai bay. This is not the fertile forest but you can find some kinds of plants such as Rhizophora apiculata, Rhizophora mucronata, Xylocarpus granatum, etc., while some dwarf forest or grove plants comprise of Cycas pectinata Griff., Dillenia obovata (Bl.) Hoogl., Erythroxylum cuneatum Kurz, etc. Birds, from survey found totally 91 types of birds including local birds about 57 types and the others are the migrating birds from elsewhere, such as Little Heron, Common Sandpiper, Little Tern, etc. Mammal animals-could be found here totally 22 types including 12 types of bat such as Island Flying fox, Black-Bearded Tomb Bat, Pig-Tailed Macaque, Common Wild Pig, etc. Reptileshave been found 6 types such as Indian or Bengal Monitor, Water Monitor, Skink, Reticulated Python, etc. Fishes , such as Damselfish, Wrasse, Butterfly-fish and Midas blenny; Ecsenius midas etc.
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Surin National park is situated in the Andaman sea approximately 40 km
from the Coasts of Phang-Nga and Ranong Provinces in the southern peninsula region of Thailand.
The park covers an area of approximately 141.25 km2. Of the protected
area 108 km2 or 80% is sea. The park comprises 5 main islands; Ko Surin
Nua, Ko Surin Tai, Ko Ree (or Ko Satok), Ko Glang (or Ko Pachumba) and
Ko Khai (or Ko Torinla). Ko Surin Nua and Ko Surin Tai are large
islands and are situated on a north-south axis. A few kilometers to the
north of the park is the Myanmar (Burma) border and about 100 kilometers to the
south is Mu Ko Similan National Park.
Sea Turtles, Sea turtles are a
very ancient family of animals and their ancestors date back to when
Dinosaurs roamed the earth. Although the Dinosaurs are now extinct, the
sea turtles are still surviving although their future existence is in
doubt. Many species are endangered with several species near
extinction. Their principle threat is the loss of their nesting beaches
to development stimulated by increasing tourist pressure. This has
reduced the number of turtles worldwide to such an extent that positive
action must be taken to secure their existence in the future. The
principle action is the preservation of their nesting beaches, and the
protection of the eggs from theft once laid. Sea turtle still nests on
the Surin islands, with two species coming ashore to lay their eggs,
Hawksbill, and Green turtles. In the early 1990’s we also had a few
nest of the rare Olive Ridley turtle. Mu Ko Surin is the best place in
Thailand for anyone who want to swim with sea turtles. Most visitors
have a few chances to get close to them, mostly hawksbill turtle.
