. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Fig. 1: Rhacodactylus chahoua (top) o*, CAS 156692, Neotype; (bottom) 9, CAS 156691, from Vallée dAmoa, New Caledonia. Photos to same scale. — Photos: Sei. Photog. Lab., Univ. Calif., Berkeley. (Meier, 1979). The significance of this structure remains unknown, although its topographic relationship to the first post-pygal vertebra suggests a function in autotomy. In juveniles the tail is conspicuously lighter in color than the rest of the dorsum, being cream-colored
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Fig. 1: Rhacodactylus chahoua (top) o*, CAS 156692, Neotype; (bottom) 9, CAS 156691, from Vallée dAmoa, New Caledonia. Photos to same scale. — Photos: Sei. Photog. Lab., Univ. Calif., Berkeley. (Meier, 1979). The significance of this structure remains unknown, although its topographic relationship to the first post-pygal vertebra suggests a function in autotomy. In juveniles the tail is conspicuously lighter in color than the rest of the dorsum, being cream-colored with very few dark marks. Such a disruptive pattern may function in crypsis, or it may direct the attention of attackers to the expendable tail, allowing escape of the individual. Although the regenerated tails of adults have limited mobility, those animals that I observed alive frequently wrapped the terminus of the appendage around branches for added support, especially when climbing between perches or when an attempt was made to remove them from the perch. Boulenger's (1883) assumption that tail prehensility was a characteristic of the genus thus appears to be valid for all the included Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig. Bonn : Das Forschungsinstitut
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