Native to:
Aldabra,
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Bahamas,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Bismarck Archipelago,
Borneo,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Cambodia,
Cape Provinces,
Caroline Is.,
Cayman Is.,
Chad,
Chagos Archipelago,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Comoros,
Congo,
Cook Is.,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Fiji,
Florida,
Gabon,
Galápagos,
Ghana,
Gilbert Is.,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Jawa,
Kazan-retto,
Kenya,
Kermadec Is.,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laccadive Is.,
Leeward Is.,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Liberia,
Line Is.,
Louisiana,
Madagascar,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Maluku,
Marcus I.,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mauritius,
Mexican Pacific Is.,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel I,
Myanmar,
Nansei-shoto,
Nauru,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
New South Wales,
Nicobar Is.,
Nigeria,
Niue,
Northern Territory,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Pakistan,
Philippines,
Phoenix Is.,
Pitcairn Is.,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Réunion,
Samoa,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Society Is.,
Socotra,
Solomon Is.,
Somalia,
South Australia,
South China Sea,
Sri Lanka,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Tasmania,
Texas,
Thailand,
Tokelau-Manihiki,
Tonga,
Tuamotu,
Tubuai Is.,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Tuvalu,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Victoria,
Vietnam,
Wake I.,
Wallis-Futuna Is.,
Western Australia
Extinct in:
Norfolk Is.
Introduced into:
Belize,
Windward Is.