Native to:
Belize,
Benin,
Bolivia,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil Southeast,
Brazil West-Central,
Burkina,
Cameroon,
Central African Repu,
Chad,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Mali,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Nicaragua,
Nigeria,
Panamá,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Senegal,
Sudan,
Suriname,
Togo,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Uganda,
Venezuela,
Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast,
Brazil South,
Malaya,
Paraguay,
Sri Lanka,
Tanzania