This species is slow-moving, nocturnal, fossorial, and lives in the tropical wet forests covering the higher slopes (> asl) of the hills. It is thought to feed on earthworms like other snakes of the family Uropeltidae. It becomes more active during monsoon. It has been recorded from an elevation of up to asl, atop Kolli Hills in dense forests as well as coffee and pineapple plantations and mixed fruit orchards.