Native to:
Belize,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Nicaragua
Introduced into:
Alabama,
Andaman Is.,
Argentina Northwest,
Aruba,
Ascension,
Assam,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Bolivia,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Canary Is.,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
Chad,
Christmas I.,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Ethiopia,
Fiji,
Florida,
Gabon,
Galápagos,
Gambia,
Georgia,
Gilbert Is.,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
India,
Jamaica,
Kenya,
Laos,
Leeward Is.,
Louisiana,
Malawi,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mississippi,
Mozambique,
Nauru,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Caledonia,
Niue,
Pakistan,
Panamá,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Pitcairn Is.,
Puerto Rico,
Rwanda,
Réunion,
Seychelles,
Society Is.,
Somalia,
South Carolina,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sri Lanka,
Tanzania,
Texas,
Thailand,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Vietnam,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre