Individuals have been captured in premontane forest in eastern Caldas, Colombia. The noseleaf, lower-lip warts, and skin around the mouth are lighter in color, and the dorsal fur is paler and nearly uniform.
A 2020 systematic study described the noseleaf, lower-lip warts, and skin around the mouth as lighter than in the related T. maresi. The dorsal fur is also paler and nearly uniform, whereas T. maresi has darker fur with conspicuous patches of reddish hair tips.
A 2014–2019 survey of premontane forest in eastern Caldas, Colombia, captured 18 individuals in mist nets at 468–644 m. Across the survey, nets were placed in the understory, across streams and at forest edges. The study did not assess habitat preference.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.