I get what you’re saying but if conservation is the reason we shouldn’t do it there’s about 1,000 things people should stop doing first. That’s kind of like the soft opening argument to the whole PETA thing and if you follow that logic you eventually get to the heart of their true beliefs which would be people should not own animals period. Anything you could say about taking that guy out of his environment etc you could say about ball pythons or anything else we keep, they’re just more generations removed from it.
I don’t think you should keep it long term the rest of its life or anything but if it is healthy and you want to hang on to it awhile and observe him…and it’s not endangered or illegal to keep…AND your parents are ok with it I would say enjoy your time with the little guy and try and learn something new.