O le ituaiga nofoaga o loo lisiina o le "Initia". sili atu faapitoa, o le a avea lenei o le Coromandel Coast, e ala i inference o Russell (1796). Brown (1973) taʻua e faapea e mafai foi ona maua i Vietnam, Laos, ma i luga o le motu Indonesian o Sumatra. Ditmars (1937) lipotia maua se faataitaiga mai Sumatra, faapea foi. Ae peitai, o le tufatufaina o lenei ituaiga i le atumotu Indonesian o loo pea ona elucidated.
Initia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet, Saina (Guangxi, Guangdong), Taiwan ma Initonesia