{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1012",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "European Protected Species of animals",
  "text": "1 The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names must not be taken into account.\nCommon name1\nScientific name\nBats, Horseshoe (all species)\nRhinolophidae\nBats, Typical (all species)\nVespertilionidae\nBeaver, Eurasian\nCastor fiber\nButterfly, Large Blue\nMaculinea arion\nCat, Wild\nFelis silvestris\nDolphins, porpoises and whales (all species)\nCetacea\nDormouse\nMuscardinus avellanarius\nFrog, Pool\nRana lessonae\nLizard, Sand\nLacerta agilis\nMoth, Fisher's Estuarine\nGortyna borelii lunata\nNewt, Great Crested (or Warty)\nTriturus cristatus\nOtter, Common\nLutra lutra\nSnail, Lesser Whirlpool Ram's-horn\nAnisus vorticulus\nSnake, Smooth\nCoronella austriaca\nSturgeon\nAcipenser sturio\nToad, Natterjack\nBufo calamita\nTurtles, Marine\nCaretta caretta\nChelonia mydas\nLepidochelys kempii\nEretmochelys imbricata\nDermochelys coriacea",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2: entry inserted (E.) (1.10.2022) by The Beavers (England) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/858), arts. 1(1), 2; and (W.) (4.3.2026) by The Beavers (Wales) Order 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/18), arts. 1(1), 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:21.486081+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}