Native to:
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Peru,
Venezuela
Introduced into:
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Bermuda,
Bismarck Archipelago,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Cayman Is.,
Central African Repu,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Comoros,
Congo,
Cook Is.,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Easter Is.,
Equatorial Guinea,
Fiji,
Galápagos,
Gambia,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Malaya,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Mozambique,
Nicaragua,
Paraguay,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Samoa,
Senegal,
Society Is.,
Suriname,
Taiwan,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Vanuatu,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre