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We monitored six subterranean populations inside caves, and one fully epigean population living in a forest, surveying a total area of &gt;5200\u2009m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>. Data collection was performed 24 times throughout a year for each of the subterranean populations, and seven times in late winter\u2010early spring for the epigean population. Salamanders were individually identified using two different marking methods: subcutaneous injection of visual implant elastomers (VIE) and photographic recognition of the dorsal pattern. Overall, the data set contains information on 1283 captured salamanders, corresponding to 783 different individuals and 500 recapture events. This type of data can be used to assess the species detection probability and to estimate the size of the populations, which are fundamental parameters for the assessment of its conservation status. Captured salamanders were weighed using a digital scale and photographed next to a reference ruler to perform post hoc measurements. This allows to assess the potential variation of the body condition of individuals through the time, and the potential divergences between conspecific populations. Furthermore, repeated measurements of recaptured individuals can allow to evaluate the seasonal growth rates of <jats:italic>Speleomantes<\/jats:italic>. Before their release, the salamanders underwent stomach flushing, a non\u2010invasive technique that allows us to investigate the food residues in the salamanders\u2019 stomach. In 951 salamanders, we were able to recognize a total of 7077 consumed prey items belonging to 37 different prey categories (i.e., order level or lower), completing the information on the consumed prey for the entire <jats:italic>Speleomantes<\/jats:italic> genus. Data on consumed prey can be used to assess potential divergences between populations or between individuals of different ages\/sexes, but also to assess the potential trophic specialization of individuals. The distinctiveness of this data set is that, by combining the capture\u2013mark\u2013recapture data with those on the diet of individuals, it allows to perform detailed studies on the consistency of individuals\u2019 food preference over time, an analysis that has never been performed on these salamanders. We release the data set into the public domain under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC\u2010BY). When you use this data in your publication, we request that you cite this data paper; if you are using the whole data set related to the entire project, please cite all the related papers. If this data set will be an important part of the data analyzed in your study, you should consider discussing a collaboration with the data set contact person. If you plan to use data from the European plethodontid salamanders trophic niche project, please contact the contact person to find out if similar analyses are already underway or if unpublished updates are available.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ecy.3641","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,23]],"date-time":"2022-01-23T16:04:06Z","timestamp":1642953846000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Capture\u2013mark\u2013recapture data on the strictly protected <i>Speleomantes italicus<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"103","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4228-2750","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Enrico","family":"Lunghi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences  Beijing China"},{"name":"Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di 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