The article focuses on a research work conducted to assure the presence of the sphaerodactylid lizard, gonatodes vittatus in Guyana. It mentions that the rediscovery of gonatodes vittatus have been made according to the specimens collected in the urban area of Georgetown, Guyana. It also mentions that this lizard primarily inhabits seashores, thorn scrubland and forest edges. It reports on the specimens deposited in the herpetological collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium. It also reports that several authors have assured the occurrence of this species in Guyana on the basis of various voucher specimens.