{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-10/part-3/chapter/crossheading-chelonians",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-10/part-3/chapter/crossheading-chelonians.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/10/part/3/chapter/crossheading/chelonians",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Chelonians",
  "text": "Batagur baska\nRiver terrapin (otherwise known as Tuntong)\nGeoclemys hamiltonii (otherwise known as Damonia hamiltonii)\nBlack pond turtle (otherwise known as Spotted pond turtle)\nMelanochelys tricarinata (otherwise known as Geoemyda tricarinata or Nicoria tricarinata)\nThree-keeled turtle (otherwise known as Three-keeled land tortoise)\nKachuga tecta tecta\nIndian tent turtle (otherwise known as Indian sawback turtle or Roofed turtle or Dura turtle)\nMorenia ocellata\nBurmese swamp turtle\nTerrapene coahuila\nAquatic box turtle (otherwise known as Water box turtle)\nGeochelone elephantopus (otherwise known as Testudo elephantopus)\nGalapagos giant tortoise\nGeochelone radiata (otherwise known as Testudo radiata)\nRadiated tortoise (otherwise known as Rayed tortoise)\nGeochelone yniphora (otherwise known as Testudo yniphora)\nMadagascar tortoise (otherwise known as Rayed tortoise or Angonoka)\nGopherus flavomarginatus (otherwise known as Crophemus polyphemus flavomarginatus)\nMexican gopher tortoise\nPsammobates geometricus (otherwise known as Testudo geometricus)\nGeometric tortoise\nCheloniidae\nSea turtles\nDermochelys coriacea\nLeatherback turtle (otherwise known as Leathery turtle or Luth)\nLissemys punctata punctata\nIndian flap-shelled turtle\nTrionyx ater\nCuatro Cienegas soft-shell turtle (otherwise known as Black soft-shelled turtle)\nTrionyx gangeticus\nGanges soft-shelled turtle (otherwise known as Indian soft-shelled turtle)\nTrionyx hurum\nPeacock-marked soft-shelled turtle\nTrionyx nigricans\nDark-coloured soft-shelled turtle\nPseudemydura umbrina\nShort-necked turtle (otherwise known as Western swamp turtle)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/schedule/10/part/3/chapter/crossheading/chelonians",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+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."
}