Native to:
Argentina Northeast,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Belize,
Benin,
Bolivia,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil Southeast,
Burkina,
Cayman Is.,
Chad,
Colombia,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Ghana,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Mali,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Netherlands Antilles,
Nicaragua,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Panamá,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Senegal,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sudan,
Suriname,
Texas,
Togo,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Assam,
Bangladesh,
Galápagos,
Hawaii,
India,
Louisiana,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Myanmar,
Society Is.,
Sri Lanka,
Taiwan,
Thailand,
Vietnam