Mist Dragon

[Krishnath]

That might be true, but Mists (and cloud dragons too for that matter) have a more oriental flavor than the gold.

 

[Krishnath]

Found the reason for wotc conversion of the mist dragon.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/wn/20031231a

check it out, it's a wyrm of the north. (with three pretty cool spells to boot.

 

[Gez]

Gold dragons (in AD&D2) had wings but could use their alternate shape ability to remove the wings, IIRC.