Snake, a terrestrial animal that excretes nitrogenous wastes in the form of uric acid is called

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Solution

Uricotelic:

Uricotelic animals are those that remove nitrogenous waste from their body in the form of uric acid.

Some examples of such animals include some birds, snakes etc.

Final answer
(a) Uricotelic

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$c .$ Some amount of urea may be retained in the kidney matrix of some of the ureotelic animals to maintain a desired osmolarity.

$d .$ Uricotelic animals excrete nitrogenous wastes as uric acid in the form of pellet or paste with a minimum loss of water.

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