The Australian Defence Force (ADF) says it is aware of claims cane toads were introduced by Australia's first military intervention in East Timor in 1999.
The ADF says that in the past nine years, vehicles and equipment from a number of commercial, government and non-government organisations have been transported from Australian ports to East Timor.
However, it says it would be difficult to pinpoint the source of any introduced species, and that Australian facilities in East Timor are subject to stringent environmental health checks.
Simplicio Barbosa of the Dili-based Care International says he believes cane toads arrived with the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET).
"[There are] so many toads in East Timor, they are brought by the INTERFET in that moment," he said.
"We don't know how to get them away, how to kill them.
"They should have think about that. It [is] actually bad for this country."
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