The drake is a dragon with four limbs, much like a lizard, although usually far larger in size than the average lizard. A particularly potent example of a drake in the natural world is the Komodo Dragon, a large species of minotaur lizard in Indonesia. These particular creatures have low-slung bodies, much like crocodiles and alligators, with their bellies lying across the ground.  The term drake has been used mostly in Europe and North America, although this types has a particular shape fitting to other dragon species beyond that region. Consider the Taniwha, a powerful creature to the Maori people of New Zealand. Taniwha often appear in the form of gigantic tuatara, which are lizards indigenous to New Zealand.