The species occurs in a few disjunct populations in East Africa and Southern Africa. In East Africa, it ranges from southern Sudan and Ethiopia into Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania, possibly being found in adjacent Rwanda. In Southern Africa, it has been recorded from central Zambia, into northwestern Zimbabwe, northeastern Namibia and northern Botswana, with a disjunct population recorded from southwestern Angola, and an seemingly isolated record from northeastern Mozambique. It occurs up to about 1,000 m asl.