The species is widely distributed in the Southern African subregion, occurring throughout South Africa's Cape Province except for the coastal forests and the extreme northern reaches of the Province. It is found in the Transkei, southern and central Natal, the Orange Free State, southeastern Transvaal and the western fringes of the Namibian escarpment. Importantly, it occurs extralimitally in Malawi, eastern Zambia, central Tanzania and southwestern Kenya.