Native to:
Alabama,
Argentina Northeast,
Argentina Northwest,
Bahamas,
Belize,
Bermuda,
Bolivia,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Brazil West-Central,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Georgia,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Louisiana,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Nicaragua,
Panamá,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
South Carolina,
Suriname,
Texas,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Uruguay,
Venezuela,
Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Arkansas,
Ascension,
Assam,
Austria,
Azores,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Bismarck Archipelago,
Cambodia,
Canary Is.,
Cape Verde,
Caroline Is.,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Comoros,
Cook Is.,
DR Congo,
East Himalaya,
Equatorial Guinea,
Ethiopia,
Fiji,
Gabon,
Galápagos,
Gambia,
Gilbert Is.,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Hainan,
Hawaii,
India,
Japan,
Jawa,
Juan Fernández Is.,
Kenya,
Laos,
Madagascar,
Madeira,
Malawi,
Malaya,
Marquesas,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Nepal,
New Caledonia,
New South Wales,
New Zealand North,
New Zealand South,
Nigeria,
Norfolk Is.,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Philippines,
Pitcairn Is.,
Portugal,
Queensland,
Samoa,
Santa Cruz Is.,
Senegal,
Society Is.,
Solomon Is.,
Southwest Caribbean,
Spain,
Sri Lanka,
St.Helena,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Tonga,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Tunisia,
Uganda,
Vanuatu,
Vietnam,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe