Handley (1976) found this species in several forest habitats in Venezuela. It is strongly associated with moist habitats and tropical evergreen forests (Estrada-Villegas et al. 2010), but also Andean Oak forests (Otarola-Ardila 2003). Roosts are not known. This species is known to be frugivorous (Piper, Solanaceae and Melatomataceae, M. E. Thomas 1972), however, dietary details are unknown and possibly also feeds on pollen and nectar as related species do.

This species occurs through Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador (Gardner 2008, Velazco and Patterson 2013). However, Gardner (2008) treated this taxon as a subspecies of S. oporaphilum, whereas Simmons (2005) used this name in a broader sense to include what is actually known as S. hondurensis (see Velazco and Patterson 2013). Lim et al. (2005) did not list this species for the Guiana Shield, contrary to what was indicated by Simmons (2005).

This species occurs in some protected areas though Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. Taxonomic research should be conducted as this may be a species complex (see Velazco and Patterson 2013). Ecological and life history aspects should be included in these studies, as much of what was known for S. ludovici (sensu lato) came from populations in Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico.