[2] Previously described in 1909 by Lajos Méhelÿ as a subspecies of the Bukovina blind mole-rat (S. graecus), a 2013 morphological and phylogenetic analysis found it to be a distinct, well-defined species.

Its closest taxonomic relations remain unclear due to a lack of genetic material from available specimens.

It inhabits hilly and flat terrain of the Wallachian Plain, covered by steppe or forest-steppe vegetation.

However, the primary threat leading to this species' decline is thought to be agricultural intensification and conversion of habitat to ploughed fields.

If still extant, it likely has a small extent of occurrence, and if it still occurs in the localities it was previously known from, its population is likely highly fragmented.