It is found in Northeast India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura) and north-eastern Bangladesh (Sylhet Division). It probably occurs also in adjacent Myanmar. The type locality is Kuttal, six miles southwest of Silchar in Cachar, Assam, at an altitude of about 100 m. It has been recorded at elevations of 10–602 m.

It is fossorial, living in the soil, and have been found in both natural and human-altered habitats. It feeds on subterranean insects. It can be locally common. It has very limited eyesight and skulls adapted for burrowing. Its eggs hatch into adult caecilians, with no larval stage in between. The mothers stay wrapped around their developing eggs for two to three months, apparently not eating at all during this period.