It has a rich brown back and yellowish-brown sides and belly. Its head-and-body length is about 10.5–12 cm, and it is recorded from northern Colombia's mountains.
Its head-and-body length is 10.5–12 cm. The back is rich brown, the sides are yellowish brown, and the belly is a dull yellowish wood-brown.
It is known from montane forest and páramo. One record describes a specimen caught in a ground trap in a wet cloud-forest remnant; ecological information remains limited.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.