Native to:
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil North,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Nicaragua,
Panamá,
Peru,
Texas,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Venezuela
Introduced into:
Alabama,
Arkansas,
Assam,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Cameroon,
Cayman Is.,
Chad,
Comoros,
Cook Is.,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
East Himalaya,
Florida,
Georgia,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Louisiana,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Mississippi,
Nepal,
New Caledonia,
Pakistan,
Puerto Rico,
Society Is.,
Southwest Caribbean,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Tunisia,
Vanuatu,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Vietnam,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
West Himalaya,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre