This species has been widely recorded in West Africa and Central Africa. It has a disjunct distribution range, and is found in four main areas. It ranges from The Gambia to southern Ghana, west of the Dahomey Gap; from southern Nigeria to Central African Republic and south to Gabon (including Equatorial Guinea); from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, north of the Congo to Uganda and Rwanda; with the fourth population in southern Congo and northern Angola. It has been recorded from sea level to at least 1,650 m asl on Mount Bintamane (Sierra Leone).