Native to:
Bahamas,
Belize,
Bermuda,
Brazil North,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Netherlands Antilles,
Nicaragua,
Panamá,
Puerto Rico,
Southwest Caribbean,
Suriname,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Alabama,
Aldabra,
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Assam,
Bangladesh,
Borneo,
Brazil Northeast,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Caroline Is.,
Central African Republic,
Chagos Archipelago,
Christmas I.,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Comoros,
Cook Is.,
East Himalaya,
Gabon,
Gilbert Is.,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Hawaii,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Kazan-retto,
Kenya,
Laccadive Is.,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Marianas,
Marshall Is.,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel Is.,
Nansei-shoto,
Nauru,
Nicobar Is.,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Phoenix Is.,
Queensland,
Samoa,
Seychelles,
South China Sea,
Taiwan,
Thailand,
Tuamotu,
Wake I.,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Zaïre