Terrestrial animals are generally either ureotelic or uricotelic, not ammonotelic. Why?
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1. Ammonia is highly toxic to animals.
2. An animal requires large amount of water to dissolve and eliminate ammonia.
3. Terrestrial animals cannot lose such a large amount of water.
4. Ureotelic and uricotelic animals require less amount of water for removal of nitrogenous waste. Hence, to conserve water, ureotelism and uricotelism is adapted by terrestrial animals.
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