Native to:
Aldabra,
Algeria,
Andaman Is.,
Assam,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Burkina,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Chad,
China Southeast,
Djibouti,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Ghana,
Gulf States,
India,
Iran,
Ivory Coast,
Jawa,
Kenya,
Kuwait,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Morocco,
Myanmar,
New Guinea,
Nicobar Is.,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Philippines,
Rodrigues,
Réunion,
Saudi Arabia,
Seychelles,
South China Sea,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Vietnam,
West Himalaya,
Yemen,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast,
Argentina Northwest,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Belize,
Bermuda,
Bolivia,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
California,
Canary Is.,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
Chagos Archipelago,
Christmas I.,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Fiji,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Galápagos,
Gilbert Is.,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
Honduras,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Leeward Is.,
Line Is.,
Louisiana,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Nansei-shoto,
Nauru,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Caledonia,
Nicaragua,
Niue,
Northern Territory,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Palestine,
Panamá,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Phoenix Is.,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Samoa,
Society Is.,
Solomon Is.,
South Carolina,
Suriname,
Texas,
Tokelau-Manihiki,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Tuamotu,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Uruguay,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Wake I.,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Western Australia,
Windward Is.