Introduced to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (fide LEVER 2003: 25). Type locality: "Des grandes Indes" (= continental India); restricted to "Pondicherry, Coromandel Coast, India" (11º 56'N; 79º 53'E, on the southeast coast of India) by Webb (1980). See Bour et al. (1995) for additional comments. oviparous.