Native to:
Bahamas,
Belize,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Cameroon,
Cayman Is.,
Central American Pacific Is.,
Colombia,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Liberia,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Netherlands Antilles,
Nicaragua,
Nigeria,
Panamá,
Puerto Rico,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Southwest Caribbean,
Suriname,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Andaman Is.,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Cook Is.,
Fiji,
Galápagos,
Hainan,
India,
New Caledonia,
Queensland,
Seychelles,
Society Is.,
Sri Lanka,
Taiwan,
Thailand,
Vanuatu,
Vietnam