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What is the nitrogenous waste produced by amphibian larvae and by the adult animal?

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Animals that excrete most of its nitrogen in the form of ammonia are called ammonoteles. Aquatic amphibians are ammonotelic. Terrestrial amphibians mainly excrete urea and are called ureoteles.
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