The described specimen has a rusty-brown back, a white underside and feet, and a yellowish-brown tail. Field records of its way of life are sparse.
The original description records a rusty to buffy-brown back, white underside and feet, and a yellowish-brown tail.
Records around Mount Selinda and northwestern Mozambique come from rocky, vegetated places and Brachystegia woodland at about 700–800 m. Detailed natural history remains poorly known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.