NewsgalleryChester Zoo stock take 2016BookmarkShareNewsByLauren Ballinger18:48, 7 JAN 2016Updated16:08, 19 JAN 2016The meerkats are counted1 of 42Keeper Karen Lambert tots up the caimen lizards2 of 42Keeper Peter Watson adds Jung the male red panda to the count3 of 42Keeper Peter Watson adds Jung the male red panda to the count4 of 42Keeper Peter Watson adds Jung the male red panda to the count5 of 42Jungle nymphs are added to the count6 of 42Jungle nymphs are added to the count7 of 42Jungle nymphs are added to the count8 of 42Jungle nymphs are added to the count9 of 42Jungle nymphs are added to the count10 of 42Keeper Peter Watson makes a note of the sengis11 of 42Keeper Sam Greenhill counts the meerkats12 of 42Keeper Sam Greenhill counts the meerkats13 of 42One of the zoo's 16 meerkats gets involved with the count14 of 42Naked mole rats are a new species added to Chester Zoo15 of 42One of three aardvarks at the zoo16 of 42Red panda cub Hong comes down from the trees to be counted17 of 42Sulawesi macaques were just one of the many species counted18 of 42Sun bear Milli is a new arrival19 of 42Sun bear Milli is a new arrival20 of 42Three emerald tree skinks21 of 42Two Asian forest scorpions22 of 42A baby chameleon forest dragon23 of 42A Bornean eared frog24 of 42A Bornean eared frog25 of 42A Bornean eared frog26 of 42A Bornean eared frog27 of 42A bundle of Rodrigues fruit bats proves tricky to tally28 of 42An Asian flower mantis29 of 42An Asian flower mantis30 of 42An Asian flower mantis31 of 42An Asian flower mantis32 of 42An Asian flower mantis33 of 42An Asian flower mantis34 of 42A Caimen lizard sticks its tongue out for the camera35 of 42A green crested lizard36 of 42A green crested lizard37 of 42Herpetology keeper Philippa Carter Jones with a jade gliding frog38 of 42Herpetology keeper Philippa Carter Jones with a jade gliding frog39 of 42Herpetology keeper Philippa Carter Jones with a jade gliding frog40 of 42Herpetology keeper Philippa Carter Jones with a jade gliding frog41 of 42Herpetology keeper Philippa Carter Jones with a jade gliding frog42 of 42