D. russelii inowanikwa muIndia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet, China (Guangxi, Guangdong), Taiwan neIndonesia (Endeh, Flores, kumabvazuva kweJava, Komodo, uye Lomblen Islands). Nzvimbo yemhando yakanyorwa se "India". Zvikurukuru, iyi ingave iri Coromandel Coast, nekupokana kwaRussell (1796). Brown (1973) inotaura kuti inogona kuwanikwawo muVietnam, Laos, uye pachitsuwa cheIndonesia cheSumatra. Ditmars (1937) inonzi yakagamuchira muenzaniso kubva kuSumatra, zvakare. Zvisinei, kugoverwa kwerudzi urwu muIndonesian archipelago kuchiri kujekeswa. Mukati mehuwandu hwayo, inogona kuve yakajairika mune dzimwe nzvimbo, asi ishoma mune dzimwe. MuIndia, yakajairika muPunjab, pamwe nemakomo ayo ekumaodzanyemba kweWest Coast, muIndia.
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet, China (Guangxi, Guangdong), Taiwan neIndonesia