This small shrew has an olive-brown back and a grayish belly. Records come from savanna regions including Nigeria.
Its back is olive-brown and its underside gray to pale olive. The tail is shorter than the body, with bristles near its tip.
Most records are from dry savanna, with wet grassland also recorded in Ethiopia. Skulls have also been recovered from owl pellets.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.