Native to:
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Assam,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Cape Provinces,
Caprivi Strip,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Comoros,
Congo,
Cuba,
Djibouti,
Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Jawa,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laos,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Liberia,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Mali,
Maluku,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Namibia,
New Guinea,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Northern Provinces,
Northern Territory,
Oman,
Queensland,
Rwanda,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Socotra,
Somalia,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Sulawesi,
Swaziland,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Uganda,
Vietnam,
Western Australia,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zaïre,
Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama,
Bahamas,
Belize,
Brazil Southeast,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic,
El Salvador,
Fiji,
Florida,
Gilbert Is.,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
Honduras,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Madeira,
Malaya,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritius,
Nauru,
New Caledonia,
Nicaragua,
Niue,
Panamá,
Puerto Rico,
Rodrigues,
Réunion,
Samoa,
Society Is.,
South China Sea,
Taiwan,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.