Native to:
Aldabra,
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Bismarck Archipelago,
Borneo,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Cabinda,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Cape Provinces,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
China Southeast,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Djibouti,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
El Salvador,
Eritrea,
Fiji,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Galápagos,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Gilbert Is.,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Gulf States,
Guyana,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Honduras,
India,
Iran,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Jawa,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Leeward Is.,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Liberia,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Maluku,
Marianas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel Is.,
Myanmar,
Nansei-shoto,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
New South Wales,
Nicaragua,
Nicobar Is.,
Nigeria,
Northern Territory,
Pakistan,
Panamá,
Peru,
Philippines,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Rodrigues,
Samoa,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Society Is.,
Solomon Is.,
Somalia,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Suriname,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Tuvalu,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Vietnam,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Western Australia,
Windward Is.,
Yemen,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Chagos Archipelago,
Hawaii,
Texas