D. russelii dị na India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet, China (Guangxi, Guangdong), Taiwan na Indonesia (Endeh, Flores, ọwụwa anyanwụ Java, Komodo, na Lomblen Islands). A na-edepụta ụdị ebe a dị ka "India". Karịsịa, nke a ga-abụ Coromandel Coast, site na nkwubi okwu nke Russell (1796). Brown (1973) kwuru na enwere ike ịchọta ya na Vietnam, Laos, na agwaetiti Indonesian nke Sumatra. Ditmars (1937) kọrọ na ọ natara otu ihe atụ site na Sumatra, kwa. Otú ọ dị, nkesa nke ụdị a na Indonesian archipelago ka na-edozi. N'ime oke ya, ọ nwere ike ịdị ọtụtụ na mpaghara ụfọdụ, mana ọ dị ụkọ na ndị ọzọ. N'India, ọ bụ ihe a na-ahụkarị n'akụkụ ụsọ oké osimiri na ụsọ oké osimiri ọdịda anyanwụ ya, na ugwu ugwu India. Ọ bụ ihe a na-adịghị ahụkebe na mpaghara ugwu India, ebe ị nwekwara ike ịchọta oke nri ya na Pattaya, Assam, Bengal na ebe ndị njem n
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet, China (Guangxi, Guangdong), Taiwan na Indonesia