This shrew was described from one specimen collected in the Gotel Mountains of southeastern Nigeria. The account describes uniformly blackish-brown fur and long, narrow hind feet.
The fur is uniformly blackish brown over the head, back, underside, and limbs. The hind feet are long and narrow, with elongated digits.
The paper describes it as a terrestrial forest shrew. Its only known specimen was collected near a forest swamp in the Gotel Mountains.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.