The species is native to Mexico and Central America, where it burrows under leaf litter and plant debris.

[4] The Mexican burrowing caecilian is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and possibly Belize, mostly on the Atlantic side, but also in some isolated parts of the Pacific slope.

It is fossorial, living in damp, loose soil and under leaf litter, logs, and plant debris, often in banana and coffee plantations.

[1] The Mexican burrowing caecilian feeds on invertebrates, including earthworms, termites, crickets, slugs, and snails.

Then, they develop rasping teeth and feed on maternal glandular secretions, scraping the inside of the oviduct to stimulate their production.