Cercosaura argula Peters, 1863

Type-locality. Mountainous regions around Santa Fé de Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia .

Pertinent taxonomic references. Peters (1863), Boulenger (1885), Andersson (1914), Werner (1916), Hoogmoed (1973), Uzzell (1970, 1973), Duellman (1978), Nascimento et al. (1988), Ávila-Pires (1995), Pellegrino et al. (2001), Doan (2003), Castoe et al. (2004), Echevarría et al. (2015), Torres-Carvajal et al. (2015), Goicoechea et al. (2016).

Distribution and habitat. Cercosaura argula is widespread in Amazonia, occurring in Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (Fig. 7). Uzzell (1973) and Dirksen & De la Riva (1999) also reported it from Bolivia. In Brazil, it is known from the states of Pará, Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia. Cercosaura argula is semi-arboreal and diurnal, inhabits primary and secondary terra firme and flooded (varzea) forests, where it is found predominantly in small vines and low vegetation, but also among leaf litter (Ávila-Pires 1995; Vitt et al. 2003; Whitworth & Beirne 2011).