Native to:
Angola,
Belize,
Benin,
Bolivia,
Borneo,
Botswana,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil Southeast,
Brazil West-Central,
Burkina,
Cabinda,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Caprivi Strip,
Central African Republic,
Colombia,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
Equatorial Guinea,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Honduras,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Jawa,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laos,
Liberia,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Mali,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Nicaragua,
Nigeria,
Northern Provinces,
Panamá,
Peru,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Sumatera,
Suriname,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Uganda,
Venezuela,
Vietnam,
Zambia,
Zaïre,
Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Cuba,
Puerto Rico