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{{Short description|American herpetologist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Arnold G. Kluge
| birth_date        =
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| nationality       = American
| field             = [[Zoology]]
| work_institution  = [[Museums at the University of Michigan|University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology]]
| alma_mater        = [[University of Southern California]]
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| doctoral_students =
| known_for         = Extensive studies in systematics, evolutionary biology, ecology of amphibians and reptiles
| prizes            = [[Fulbright]] and [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]s
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'''Arnold G. Kluge''' is professor emeritus of zoology and curator emeritus of amphibians and reptiles at the [[University of Michigan]], Museum of Zoology.
Kluge authored over 140 journal articles. He served as past president of the [[Willi Hennig Society]] and as editor-in-chief of its journal ''[[Cladistics (journal)|Cladistics]]''.<ref name=EDR/> He served at the University of Michigan from 1965 until his retirement in 2003.<ref name="UM">{{cite web | title = Faculty History Project, Memoir, Arnold G. Kluge, Regents' Proceedings 341 | publisher = University of Michigan | url = http://faculty-history.dc.umich.edu/faculty/arnold-g-kluge/memoir | access-date = May 14, 2020}}</ref>
He is known for extensive studies in systematics, evolutionary biology, and ecology of amphibians and reptiles He also advanced the theory and philosophy of phylogenetic inference bringing Popperian falsification into the fold of [[cladistics]].{{cn|date=August 2023}}
Amongst the new taxa published by Kluge is ''[[Crenadactylus]]'', tiny Australian clawless [[gecko]]s reclassified as a separate genus with co-author [[James R. Dixon]] in 1964.<ref name="Dixon1964">{{cite journal |last1=Dixon |first1=James R. |last2=Kluge |first2=Arnold G. |title=A New Gekkonid Lizard Genus from Australia |journal=Copeia |date=26 March 1964 |volume=1964 |issue=1 |pages=174 |doi=10.2307/1440848|jstor=1440848 }}</ref> He also described ''[[Aprasia pseudopulchella]]'' (Flinders Ranges worm-lizard), endemic to [[South Australia]], in 1974.<ref name=nrdb>{{NRDB species| genus=Aprasia| species=pseudopulchella}}</ref><ref name=sprat>{{cite web | title=Aprasia pseudopulchella — Flinders Ranges Worm-lizard | website=[[Species Profile and Threats Database]] |publisher= [[Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water]], [[Australian Government]]| date=2023 | url=https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=1666 | access-date=25 August 2023| archive-date=25 August 2023| url-status=live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230825054114/https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=1666}}</ref>
==Eponyms==
Kluge is honored in the [[Specific name (zoology)|specific names]] of three [[species]] of lizards.<ref name=EDR>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Kluge", p. 143).</ref>
*''[[Cyrtodactylus klugei]]''
*''[[Diplodactylus klugei]]''
*''[[Lygodactylus klugei]]''
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