Native to:
Angola,
Bahamas,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil Southeast,
Cameroon,
Cayman Is.,
Central African Repu,
Central American Pac,
Colombia,
Congo,
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.,
Liberia,
Mali,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Nicaragua,
Nigeria,
Panamá,
Puerto Rico,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Southwest Caribbean,
Suriname,
Togo,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.,
Zambia,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Chad,
Fiji,
Hawaii,
India,
Malawi,
Malaya,
Marquesas,
Samoa,
Seychelles,
Society Is.,
Tanzania,
Vietnam