This shrew is recorded from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. It belongs to a taxonomically complex group in which close relatives can be difficult to separate by appearance, and regional classifications remain under discussion.
A survey paper from southwestern Saudi Arabia describes the back as brownish gray, the underside as paler, and the color boundary along the sides as indistinct.
A survey in the mountains of southwestern Saudi Arabia recorded the species near moist farms and springs, up to about 2,500 m elevation.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.