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I didn't find any amphibians which survived complete dehydration, but I found an insect.
The useful word is anhydrobiosis-- but no amphibians are mentioned.
Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade - who survive vacuum of space.
I bow to your superior Google Fu. It may have been invertebrates rather than amphibians,as I said, I was going from memory. (I can already improve the post!)
I had really hoped to promote discussion on the concept for human preservation. I had looked through the cryonics links and hadn't noticed any discussion around this concept. In fact, I have never seen it suggested as an alternative, but thought this community would be a great place to kick it around. Thanks for your response.
Dehydration seems like a cool idea in the abstract, but I don't know nearly enough biology to say whether there's any way to get from here to there.