@Kcee With a few new species under my belt, my experience is that it depends on who you are working with and the circumstances surrounding the find. A few thoughts on the topic: 1. Naming takes place through the successful completion of a peer reviewed publication 2. Peer reviewed publications are intensely difficult to do on your own unless you have sufficient training and experience 3. Working with a professional to describe a new species in a publication is fun and tends to ope