Distribution: |
India (widespread), Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov., Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Sri Lanka (introduced), Bangladesh, Cyprus (introduced) (N-Cyprus (introduced)), Iraq (NW-Iraq), Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt), Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran: Mts.), Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (coastal W-Israel, E-Israel: Rift Valley, N-Israel), Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (NW-Saudi Arabia: Hejaz, SW-Saudi Arabia: Asir), Sinai peninsula (Northern Sinai, Southern Sinai), Syria (coastal W-Syria), United Arab Emirates, Yemen (SW-Yemen), Afghanistan, Caucasus / Transcaucasus, C-Asia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Gambia, ?Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, ?Gabon, Congo, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Taiwan, Ryukyu Isl. (introduced), Guianas (introduced), Java (introduced), S-Algeria (introduced), Jamaica (introduced), Bahamas (introduced), Haiti (introduced), Dominican Republic (introduced), Cuba (introduced), Trinidad (introduced), Tobago (introduced), Brazil (introduced), Venezuela (introduced), South Africa (Transvaal (introduced), KwaZulu-Natal (introduced)), Namibia (introduced), Botswana (introduced), Fiji (introduced), peninsular Malaysia (Penang Isl., Selangor, Johor), Thailand, China (introduced), Aegean Isl. (introduced), Greece (introduced), Mauritius (introduced), Réunion (introduced), Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.), Andamans, Nicobars, Myanmar [Burma], India (widespread), Nepal (introduced), Philippines (throughout), Laos, Vietnam |