Native to:
Argentina Northeast,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Brazil West-Central,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Galápagos,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Nicaragua,
Panamá,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Suriname,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Andaman Is.,
Assam,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Borneo,
Burkina,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Caroline Is.,
Central African Repu,
Chad,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Comoros,
Congo,
East Himalaya,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Gilbert Is.,
Guinea,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Hainan,
Hawaii,
India,
Iran,
Ivory Coast,
Jawa,
Kazan-retto,
Laccadive Is.,
Laos,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Liberia,
Line Is.,
Louisiana,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Maluku,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Mexican Pacific Is.,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel I,
Myanmar,
Nansei-shoto,
Nauru,
Nepal,
New Guinea,
Nicobar Is.,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Northern Territory,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Pakistan,
Philippines,
Queensland,
Samoa,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Society Is.,
South China Sea,
Sri Lanka,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Tokelau-Manihiki,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Vietnam,
Wake I.,
West Himalaya,
Western Australia,
Zambia,
Zaïre