This shrew is known from the Nyika Plateau in Malawi. Only its type locality is documented, so information about its habitat and behavior remains limited.
The holotype has a mottled brown coat with slate-gray, yellowish, and dark-brown bands in dorsal hairs. The tail is dark brown above and blond below.
The specimen was caught early in the morning in shrub heath and bracken beside a shallow stream. The authors suggest it may be nocturnal, but this inference rests on a single specimen.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.