Cophixalus ateles

{{short description|Species of frog}}

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| image = Cophixalus ateles 1897.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Cophixalus ateles |volume=2020 |page=e.T152524131A152524359 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T152524131A152524359.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Cophixalus ateles

| authority = (Boulenger, 1898)

| synonyms = Cophixalus sisyphus Kraus and Allison, 2006

}}

Cophixalus ateles (common name: Papua rainforest frog) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Asterophryinae/Cophixalus/Cophixalus-ateles |title=Cophixalus ateles (Boulenger, 1898) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=7 June 2014}}

Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests.

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