Which of the following is true about aquatic amphibian and aquatic insects?

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They store urea in their kidney matrix to maintain the desired osmolarity.

Their excretory organs are nephridia.

They excrete uric acid in the form of pellet and paste with a minimum loss of water.

They excrete nitrogenous wastes chiefly in the form of ammonia.

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Bony fishes, aquatic amphibian and aquatic insects are called ammonotelic animals because these animals excrete ammonia as their nitrogenous waste products. Being the most toxic form ammonia requires large amount of water for its elimination. Aquatic animals, like crustaceans, bony fishes and amphibian larvae, generally are ammonotelic since ammonia diffuses more easily through membranes and it is more watersoluble than the other nitrogen wastes.

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