A shrew from Mexico. The coat, habitat, and records described here are for the nominate subspecies, S. v. veraecrucis.
In the nominate subspecies S. v. veraecrucis, the back is medium brown; gray belly hairs have pale blond or white tips.
The nominate subspecies has been recorded in damp grass, fern, and moss areas near cold streams, and in moist pine-forest valleys.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.