Native to:
Alabama,
Argentina Northeast,
Argentina Northwest,
Bahamas,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil South,
Cayman Is.,
Chile North,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Desventurados Is.,
Dominican Republic,
El Salvador,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Louisiana,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Netherlands Antilles,
Nicaragua,
Panamá,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Southwest Caribbean,
Texas,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Uruguay,
Venezuela,
Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Assam,
Bangladesh,
Belgium,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Botswana,
Burkina,
Cameroon,
Canary Is.,
Cape Provinces,
Cape Verde,
Chagos Archipelago,
Chile Central,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Cook Is.,
Easter Is.,
Egypt,
Fiji,
Galápagos,
Germany,
Ghana,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Gulf States,
Hawaii,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Japan,
Kazan-retto,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laos,
Line Is.,
Madeira,
Malawi,
Marcus I.,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritius,
Mexican Pacific Is.,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel Is.,
Myanmar,
Namibia,
Nansei-shoto,
Nauru,
New Caledonia,
Nicobar Is.,
Nigeria,
Niue,
Norfolk Is.,
Northern Provinces,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Pitcairn Is.,
Rodrigues,
Réunion,
Samoa,
Saudi Arabia,
Seychelles,
Society Is.,
Solomon Is.,
South China Sea,
Spain,
Sri Lanka,
St.Helena,
Sudan,
Swaziland,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Tokelau-Manihiki,
Tonga,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Vanuatu,
Vietnam,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
West Himalaya,
Yemen,
Zimbabwe