Native to:
Bangladesh,
Borneo,
Cambodia,
India,
Jawa,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laos,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Maluku,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
New Guinea,
Northern Provinces,
Philippines,
Sri Lanka,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Vietnam
Introduced into:
Alabama,
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Belize,
Benin,
Brazil Southeast,
Burkina,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Colombia,
Congo,
Cook Is.,
Cuba,
Czechoslovakia,
Dominican Republic,
Ethiopia,
Fiji,
Florida,
Gabon,
Ghana,
Gilbert Is.,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Leeward Is.,
Malawi,
Mauritius,
New Caledonia,
Nigeria,
Puerto Rico,
Rodrigues,
Rwanda,
Réunion,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Society Is.,
South China Sea,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sudan,
Suriname,
Togo,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Uganda,
Windward Is.,
Zambia,
Zaïre