Distribution
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Continent: Africa Near-East Middle-America Asia Oceania
Distribution: Africa: Egypt [HR 30: 236; HR 32: 11], Libya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Somalia, Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mauritania, Gabon, Central African Republic, Madagascar, Comores (Mayotte, Mohéli, Anjouan), Nossi Be = Nosy Bé, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues,
Middle East: Saudi Arabia (introduced), Oman (introduced), , United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Iran,
Asia: Vietnam, Laos, Thailand [HR 32: 279], Myanmar (= Burma), Cambodia, Malaysia (Pulau Tioman, Johor: Pulau Sibu), Indonesia (Sulawesi, Komodo), Solomon Islands [McCoy 2000], S China (Hainan, Guangdong: Nan Ao Island, Hong Kong), Taiwan (incl. Lanyu), Japan (Ryukyu islands, incl. Senkaku), India (Maharashtra (Pune (=Poona)), Arunachal Pradesh (Miao Changlang district) [A. Captain, pers. Comm.]), Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Philippines (Palawan: Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon etc.), New Guinea, Nauru,
Australia and Oceania: (Cook Islands, CKI, North Territory), New Caledonia, Toga Island
America: Mexico (introduced; Querétaro, Michoacán, Aguascalientes [HR 32: 279]), Guatemala (introduced), Belize ? (P. Stafford, pers. comm.),
USA (introduced to Florida and Hawaii),
West Indies [HR 28: 210], Grand Cayman Islands [HR 34: 265], St. Martin, St. Barthélmy (BREUIL 2002).
Elevation 0-2000 m.
Type locality: Vizagapatam [Visakhapatnam], India.
