Hoffmann’s brown-toothed shrew is known from mountains in Yunnan, China, and northern Vietnam, including the Ailao, Wuliang, and Tay Con Linh ranges.
The back is gray and the underside paler; the tail is dark above, lighter below, and ends in a pale tuft.
On Mt. Tay Con Linh in Vietnam, it was captured in dense bamboo shrubs along a trap line.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.