The specific name, hygomi, is in honor of Danish merchant seaman Vilhelm Johannes Willaius Hygom (born 1818), who collected natural history specimens, both land and marine.

[3] T. hygomi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Sergipe.

[1][2] The preferred natural habitat of T. hygomi is sandy areas,[1][2] in forest and shrubland.

[1] T. hygomi has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.43 cm (1.35 in).

[1] T. hygomi preys predominately upon ants, beetles, and termites, but also eats larvae and adults of other insects, spiders, wood lice, centipedes, and millipedes.