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Once widely considered to be generally unpredictable and aggressive, ''P. brongersmai'' is gradually becoming more common among herpetoculturists. Formerly, many of the specimens in captivity were wild-caught adults from [[Malaysia]]. These are known to be more aggressive than those from [[Indonesia]] ([[Sumatra]]), from which most of the wild-caught, wild-bred, and captive-bred stock are now descended. Captive-raised juveniles generally become mild-tempered, somewhat-predictable adults. This, combined with several new brightly colored captive bloodlines, is helping to boost the popularity of these much-maligned snakes among reptile hobbyists.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
''Python brongersmai'' is part of a commercial harvest for leather.<ref name="keogh">{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.2001.tb01350.x|author=[[J. Scott Keogh|Keogh JS]], [[David G. Barker|Barker D]], [[Richard Shine|Shine R]]|year=2001|title=Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (''Python curtus'' group) in Southeast Asia (abstract)|pages=113|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=73|issue=1|doi-access=free}}</ref> There is evidence to suggest that there are clear indications of misdeclared, underreported and illegal trade involving
==Taxonomy==
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