The species inhabits the arid savannah of the Sahel region of Africa, occurring mainly in a band between 8&deg; and 15&deg; N that stretches from Senegal on the west coast to Sudan in the east.
It is found in many countries, including: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and is also found in Yemen [REF].