Native to:
Aldabra,
Andaman Is.,
Assam,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Bismarck Archipelago,
Borneo,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil Southeast,
Burkina,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Cape Provinces,
Cape Verde,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
Central American Pacific Is.,
Chagos Archipelago,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
East Himalaya,
Fiji,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Honduras,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Jawa,
Kazan-retto,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laccadive Is.,
Laos,
Leeward Is.,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Liberia,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Maluku,
Marcus I.,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritius,
Mexico Gulf,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel Is.,
Myanmar,
Nansei-shoto,
Nepal,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
New South Wales,
Nicaragua,
Nicobar Is.,
Nigeria,
Norfolk Is.,
Northern Territory,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Oman,
Peru,
Philippines,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Rodrigues,
Réunion,
Samoa,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Society Is.,
Solomon Is.,
Somalia,
South China Sea,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sri Lanka,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Vietnam,
West Himalaya,
Windward Is.,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Angola,
Easter Is.,
Egypt,
Ethiopia,
Florida,
Galápagos,
Gilbert Is.,
Hawaii,
Iraq,
Lebanon-Syria,
Louisiana,
Mexican Pacific Is.,
Mexico Southwest,
Nauru,
Pakistan,
Pitcairn Is.,
Wallis-Futuna Is.