This small shrew is restricted to Sri Lanka’s highlands. A study confirmed it as distinct from the closely related Etruscan pygmy shrew.
It is larger in all measured dimensions and darker than Suncus etruscus, with two small denticles on each lower incisor.
It is known from Sri Lankan highlands at 1,006–1,828 m. The paper does not describe its diet or activity time.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.