Native to:
Cape Verde,
China South-Central,
Comoros,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Gilbert Is.,
Hainan,
Hawaii,
Howland-Baker Is.,
Jawa,
Kenya,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Line Is.,
Madagascar,
Maluku,
Marianas,
Marquesas,
Marshall Is.,
Mozambique,
Mozambique Channel I,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
Phoenix Is.,
Queensland,
Somalia,
South China Sea,
Sudan,
Sulawesi,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Tokelau-Manihiki,
Vietnam,
Wake I.,
Western Australia
Introduced into:
Aldabra,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Bolivia,
Cayman Is.,
Colombia,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
El Salvador,
Florida,
Galápagos,
Georgia,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Louisiana,
Mauritius,
Mexican Pacific Is.,
Mexico Southwest,
Netherlands Antilles,
Panamá,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Réunion,
Sri Lanka,
St.Helena,
Suriname,
Togo,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.