NEET Biology question

Select the group containing ammonotelic animals only.

(A)Earthworm, frog, turtle, pigeon
(B)Crocodile, earthworm, leech, bony fishCorrect
(C)Cockroach, land snail, prawn, toad
(D)Tapeworm, lizard, shark, leech

Answer: (B)

Solution

Ammonotelic animals are predominantly aquatic organisms that can directly diffuse toxic ammonia into surrounding water, such as bony fish, aquatic annelids (earthworm, leech) and highly aquatic reptiles like crocodiles, which (unlike most terrestrial reptiles) eliminate much of their

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