This shrew is recorded in Guatemala's western Cuchumatanes. Its back is dark brown, while the underside is lighter and tawny-olive; the source reports forest collection records in the highlands.
The dorsal fur ranges from dark brown to clove brown with black hairs mixed in; the underside is paler, tawny to olivaceous buff. The forefeet are broad, with long, broad foreclaws.
The original article reports specimens from forest in the Cuchumatanes of western Guatemala. These are collection records and do not compare use of other habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.