Nitrogenous Excretion in Crocodiles
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Nitrogenous Excretion in Crocodiles
Animals in general are known to fall into three main groups, ammonoteles, ureoteles or uricoteles according to whether ammonia, urea or uric acid is the main nitrogenous excretory metabolite in the urine. Among reptiles, Lacertilia and Ophidia are known to be uricoteles, chelonian tortoises were found to be ureo-uricoteles (Khalil & Haggag, 1955). Crocodilia—represented by alligators, crocodile...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 1958
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.35.3.552